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...example, time-ins—thought-provoking questions meant to challenge a person’s attitudes and behaviors toward happiness—are interspersed with explanations of positive psychology. These mini-exercises force the reader to internalize Ben-Shahar’s ideas and evaluate his own approach to happiness. Additional exercises are listed at the end of each chapter, further reinforcing the lessons. At the end of a chapter entitled "The Ultimate Currency," the reader is asked to complete a series of sentences that begin with phrases such as "To bring five percent more happiness into my life?...
After defining happiness, Ben-Shahar offers suggestions on how to apply these theories to education, work and relationships. Regarding education, Ben-Shahar advocates instilling a new approach to learning in children, shifting away from the rat-racer mentality of seeking good grades alone toward appreciating the process of learning as well. In the workplace, he emphasizes the importance of choosing work that is sufficiently challenging and also enjoyable, as the combination of effort and pleasure will lead to greater success on the job. As for relationships, Ben-Shahar describes the necessity of loving relationships to one’s happiness...
...Chertoff is the Administration's front man for an immigration-reform bill that has something for everyone to hate. From the beginning, he has pushed for a holistic approach to immigration that combines stronger enforcement of the existing laws with a way for workers to enter the country lawfully to minimize illegal traffic across the borders. That has left Chertoff acting as referee between Senators hammering out tough compromises. South Carolina's Republican Senator Lindsey Graham calls him the sherpa who guided lawmakers from both sides of the aisle through the complex issues...
...technology conference after studying how programmers come up with "hacks," or shortcut solutions for routine but time-consuming problems. The trick, he says, is not to worry about the entire problem but to find a small fix to get through the task at hand. He describes his approach as a sort of "Seven Habits of Super Effective Geeks." The movement has since spread faster than an e-mail virus, inspiring a slew of popular blogs, such as 43 Folders, LifeHacker and Lifehack.org Taking it a step further this year are a spate of podcasts and even new books...
...there successful models in other states that California should emulate? For a comprehensive approach, I turn to Illinois because it matches our determinant sentencing structure [in which nearly every inmate automatically gets released at the end of his or her term regardless of their level of rehabilitation or chances of staying out of trouble]. It also has a similar parole system to ours where, instead of a discretionary parole board with authority to keep back the most violent convicts, everyone who is released is automatically put on parole supervision. Illinois made a major commitment to reform...