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...will agree to lower interest rates in exchange for Tal Ben-Shahar??s ’96 autograph...
...propose answers—puts him at the forefront of the growing field of happiness research. New releases such as “The How of Happiness,” “The Happiness Hypothesis,” and Harvard’s own Tal Ben-Shahar??s “Happier” are signs that its never been trendier to be happy in our Prozac nation. But Gilbert and his colleagues are quick to emphasize the difference between self-help texts and his work, which aims to inform readers rather than promising five magic steps...
...layered accent, his unassuming presence, or his exotic name, but Tal Ben-Shahar, professor of the popular Psychology 1504: “Positive Psychology” course, is someone Harvard people love. Class enrollment shows Harvard people choose Justice over happiness, but according to the Q Guide, Ben-Shahar??s students are “HAPPIER...
...latest Internet project: a positive psychology-based, online public forum allowing users to post five happy thoughts a day. Launched in early March, www.butterbeehappy.com was inspired by the teachings of Harvard lecturer Tal D. Ben-Shahar ’96. After reading Ben-Shahar??s book, “Happier,” Pounders sought to spread the word about his happiness-generating technique. “I wanted to give people an outlet to write about their happy thoughts,” says Pounders, who has founded multiple Internet projects, including a national tree-selling business. Site...
...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?...