Happier by Tal Ben-Shahar

 Happier by Tal Ben-Shahar

Revolutionary:
-          Long Live the Happiness Revolution!!
-          For another version of this note and others, you could check the list I have at:
-          https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEVa4_CsRStSBBDo4uJWT8BSWtTTn0N1E


This is not your simple, excellent chef d’oeuvre!
It is the Absolute and Ultimate Happiness Bible, if you ask me

-          Revolutionary is not a hyperbole or a joke
-          Happier has the potential to Transform your life and that of others around you

And it is all science and based on research, tests and experiments.
We are not talking the average book, with the same miracle precept- read this and you are green with satisfaction in five minutes, or seven steps.

-          Tal Ben-Shahar is not just a reputed Harvard Professor, but a role model

He means it when he talks about a Peaceful Revolution that would not arrive from the outside but from within.
I can state that I am not only a happy, but procrastinating reader of this marvelous book and some other works by Tal Ben-Shahar:

-          His call for action has been listened and I am trying as much as I can to work on this “Peaceful Happy Revolution

Ever since 2013, when I had the first encounter with Positive Psychology and Tal Ben-Shahar in particular I tried to promote the idea.
Indeed, I was so enthusiastic and idealistic that I thought the ideas of positivity and positive psychology need to be advertised throughout this land and everywhere.
And I still agree with this notion of Happiness revolution for the principle, the fundamentals are right and proven:

-          Happier, more positive people have more success in their private and professional lives, they are healthier, more productive
-          They live longer, when they are sick they stay so for a shorter period and they also spread around these benefits
-          And there is much more to say on the subject

As it is argued and Bhutan is already doing it, we should start measuring more than just the GDP and material wealth.
One of the most powerful arguments in this grandiose, sublime work regards the currencies we use and the obsession with material things.

-          Happiness is the Ultimate currency and even if we try so hard to get the cash or the “hard” currency, we are wrong not to see that we need to be happy and not rich

Time affluence

-          This is another paramount concept and one which makes me feel exceptionally good since I have way more time than cash flow

Tal Ben Shahar quotes a series of wise men, from Aristotle, who was so right on the subject of happiness:

-          “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence”

To Gandhi-
-           “be the change you want to see in the world”

When Tal Ben Shahar refers to this paramount concept of Happiness Revolution he puts it into perspective and talks about the Marxist one, that had such disastrous effects and started with the suppression of freedom

-          The Happiness Revolution is based on the realization of what the Ultimate Currency is and the mistake we make to engage in the rat race of endless and pointless accumulation of material consumer goods
-          MPS – this is another way to happiness and it stands for Meaning Pleasure and Strengths which we need to evaluate when we establish a career path
-          It is optimal, the best case scenario to select a “Calling” and not opt for a job that offers no Meaning or Pleasure if we find what gives us Meaning and Pleasure and what our Strengths are, then we can see where they intersect and what our Calling is


Absolute and Ultimate Happiness Bible, if you ask me

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