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Get the Summary of Jonathan Haidt's The Happiness Hypothesis in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: Jonathan Haidt skillfully combines two genres-philosophical wisdom and scientific research-delighting the reader with surprising insights. He explains, for example, why we have such difficulty controlling ourselves and sticking to our plans; why no achievement brings lasting happiness, yet...
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#1 Everyone has a master biological clock ticking away inside their brain, and dozens of smaller biological clocks throughout their body. But not everyone's biological clocks keep the same time.
#2 The MEQ wasn't designed to take into account the individual's personality, but personality is extremely important for figuring out chronotype. Those with low sleep drive don't...
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#1 You must define yourself for yourself. You must love and like you or no one else will. You must know your value and claim what you deserve. Women are taught almost from birth that they are to be nurturers, supporters, and peacekeepers, but not winners.
#2 Your life Code is formed from the time you are a small girl. It is shaped by the influence of your parents...
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Book Preview: #1 The Law of Attraction is the idea that what you think about, you bring about. It is based on the belief that you can attract the things you want into your life by focusing on them. It applies to both the things you want and the things you don't want.
#2 I heard about the Law of Attraction and decided to use it to change my life. I wanted to go on holiday with my friends,...
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Book Preview: Daniel Spade's “How to Analyze People” (2019) showcases the 13 laws of manipulation and offers 7 strategies that teach how to read body language and deal with a manipulator. Learn how to spot the manipulators in your life-or whether you've been guilty of using these methods yourself-by examining and analyzing the communication clues in your interactions. Once you...
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#1 The best way to manage feelings of self-worth is to use affirmations. Say them out loud, and see how you feel. Over time, you will experience benefits such as boosted confidence and inner balance.
#2 I was a deeply empathetic child, and I would often put the needs of others above my own. I was always polite, and it was expected of me to be so in front of the...
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#1 I was a freshman at Columbia in 1992, and I was required to take Literature Humanities, which was taught by Wallace Gray. The first book on the syllabus was the Iliad. I had read these lines half a dozen times already, but they still seemed thoroughly strange.
#2 I began to read books on the syllabus, and each one brought new questions and challenges. I was beginning...
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#1 If you want to live a happy life, you must be intentional about it. You must live life based on your values and not based on the average person's life. The average person is not happy, and you shouldn't have to be to be happy.
#2 In 2009, life was good for both Joshua and Ryan. They both worked for the same telecommunications corporation, and they enjoyed the perks...
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#1 We've all heard stories of individuals shifting their perspective to see and feel the love that's all around them. This is how we learn to love. We see and feel the happiness that's already there, waiting to be accessed and fully lived.
#2 Impatience is a major bully to happiness. It pushes happiness out of the neighborhood almost as soon as it shows up. But learning...
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#1 Franklin's father, Josiah, was a nonconformist from Northamptonshire who had immigrated to the New World and become a candle and soap maker, one of the lowest of the artisan crafts. Franklin was the youngest son, and his father did not want him to attend college.
#2 The printing trade was a difficult, dirty, and physically demanding job. It was not very prestigious, and few families...
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#1 The well of happiness and joy lies within each of us, and we can access it by shifting our attention away from the content of our awareness and toward awareness itself. It's not something separate from us, it's us.
#2 The games in this section are not like Olympic Games or board games with winners and losers. They are not about game theorists or competitive players....
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#1 To learn how to be an owner of the human spirit, we must first understand what it means to be an owner. We must have a picture of what being an owner looks and feels like.
#2 Owners of the spirit are beautiful losers. They risk all, and they are losers because they have lost all fear of embarrassment. They have lost all inhibition.
#3 I had a conversation with Stephanie...
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#1 I began saying it myself in my morning salutations, after blessing the sun, the earth, and all around me. I would often feel it: It was a good day to die. Then, one morning, while my eighty-something mother was visiting from Philadelphia, she came out on the patio and sat down nearby, just as I was doing my morning hellos to the world.
#2 The first law is The...
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#1 The inner critic is the voice that tells us we are not good enough, and it shows up when we are least expecting it. We can learn to recognize it and not let it dictate the things we say to ourselves, especially when we're learning how to handle difficult situations.
#2 Insecurities are often developed from small, unnoticed moments in our pasts. They can come from...
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#1 Thinking is a human ability. It is a function of human consciousness. We cannot control when we think, but we can control how we think. Thinking comes from the same place as what beats our heart: it comes from being alive.
#2 We as humans are the producers of our own thinking. We are the ones who decide what we think, and what we think determines what we see. We must...
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#1 We all have moments of confusion, perplexity, and doubt. These are signs that we are simply living on automatic pilot. We cannot answer the question of what we are unconscious of, but we do know that what is unconscious has great power in our lives.
#2 The presence of suffering is a manifestation of the psyche at work. The Self autonomously, sometimes dramatically,...
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#1 I was abandoned as a baby, and was found by a couple who were out bird-watching with their toddler. I was taken home and raised by my adoptive parents, who knew I was adopted. I spent years wondering about my birth family and why they had abandoned me.
#2 I had never put words to my feelings, but sharing my story with a therapist allowed me to understand them. I had...
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#1 I had planned to relax in the jungle, but instead I was brought to a ceremony I'd never experienced before. The shaman told me that I had a special purpose, but I hadn't been developing it to the best of my ability. I'd been absorbing energy that wasn't mine.
#2 I was thrust into the international spotlight after my book was released. I was afraid of disappointing...
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#1 The goal of this book is to help you unmuddle the metaphysical concepts that seem so fuzzy to many people. When you understand that you'll see it when you believe it, you know that there is a special intelligence in the universe behind everything that has life in it.
#2 When you're becoming awakened, you begin to see the world differently. You see how restricted people...
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