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The how of happiness : (Record no. 40169)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 159420148X
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050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number BF 575
Item number .L98 2008
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Lyubomirsky, Sonja.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The how of happiness :
Remainder of title a scientific approach to getting the life you want /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Sonja Lyubomirsky.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Penguin Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2008.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 366 p. :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 25 cm.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-357) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note I. How to attain real and lasting happiness. Is it possible to become happier -- How happy are you and why? -- How to find happiness activities that fit your interests, your values, and your needs -- II. Happiness activities. Practicing gratitude and positive thinking -- Investing in social connections -- Managing stress, hardship, trauma -- Living in the present -- Committing to your goals -- Taking care of your body and soul -- III. Secrets to abiding happiness. The five hows behind sustainable happiness: positive emotion, optimal thinking and variety, social support, motivation, effort, and commitment, habit -- The promise of abiding happiness -- If you are depressed: What is depression? -- The causes of depression -- The most effective treatments for depression -- The cure for unhappiness is happiness -- Surmounting setbacks.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Drawing on her own research with thousands of people, psychologist Lyubomirsky has pioneered a detailed yet easy-to-follow plan to increase happiness in our day-to-day lives--in the short and long term. This book that offers a guide to understanding what happiness is, and isn't, and what can be done to bring us all closer to the happy life we envision. Using more than a dozen happiness-increasing strategies, it offers a new way to understand our innate potential for joy and happiness as well as our ability to sustain it in our lives. Lyubomirsky's "happiness strategies" introduce readers to the concept of intentional activities that they can use to achieve a happier life, including exercises in optimism and how best to savor life's pleasures in the here and now. She also helps readers understand the obstacles to happiness as well as how to harness individual strengths to overcome them.--From publisher description.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Happiness.
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03/19/2026   BF 575 .L98 2008 03/19/2026 Books         Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan Institute of Behavioral Sciences Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan Institute of Behavioral Sciences 03/19/2026



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