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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: The human mind is divided: a rational rider guiding a powerful, instinctive, wild inner elephant within.
Chapter 3: Though genes affect happiness, reshaping our thinking patterns can make us happier too.
Chapter 4: Reciprocity is the basic foundation upon which our social lives rest.
Chapter 5: Our inability to notice our own faults becomes a major obstacle in many relationships.
Chapter 6: To feel truly happy, you need the right people around you and work that matches what you’re good at daily.
Chapter 7: Love is a truly fundamental and essential feeling in our lives.
Chapter 8: What doesn’t kill you can make you stronger, and thus ultimately happier.
Chapter 9: Altruism and virtue must be practiced, rather than taught.
Chapter 10: We possess a fundamental human need for the divine.
Chapter 11: Happiness and meaning arise from the right relationship between you and your surroundings.
Description
In The Happiness Hypothesis, Jonathan Haidt examines the ideas of famous ancient thinkers in light of modern knowledge and uses scientific findings to answer the question, “What makes a person happy?” The book will provide you with a better understanding of human social behavior and enable you to increase your own happiness.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone looking for more happiness and meaning in his or her life
- Anyone interested in psychology and research on happiness