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Happiness at Work is a thought-provoking new title that moves the mind away from negativity and forces you to resist labeling situations as \"bad\", but rather seeing them as neutral. Happiness at Work provides:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSurprising ways of looking at change and problem-solving \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExercises that shift one's perspective\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eLearn the vital wisdom necessary to achieving a joyful, successful life as you define it through greater resilience and a strong inner core. Get it now with The Happiness Choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\"Follow Srikumar Rao's instructions and you will enjoy the journey to more happiness and meaning in your life, no matter what!\"--Marshall Goldsmith, author of What Got You Here Won’t Get You There\"Happiness at Work brings new understanding of the essential role happiness plays in workplace learning and performance. Srikumar Rao's guidelines for our journey to leadership include aspects rarely explored and newly significant.\"--Frances Hesselbein, chairman and founding president, Leader to Leader Institute\/Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management\"This book is a treasure chest full of wisdom. Each and every one of its 34 chapters introduced me to or reminded me of a very important principle for living a happy and successful life.\"--Jack Canfield, co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series and coauthor of The Success Principles\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780071664325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAge Group:  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNumber of Pages: 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 449.1 gr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"McGraw Hill","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":43845747966190,"sku":"9780071664325","price":45.36,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/products\/9780071664325_e3758d53-e4db-48a7-ab5a-beb4a5c74484.jpg?v=1671234800"},{"product_id":"happiness-quantified","title":"Happiness Quantified","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow do we measure happiness? Focusing on subjective measures as a proxy for welfare and well-being, this book finds ways to do that. Subjective measures have been used by psychologists, sociologists, political scientists, and, more recently, economists to answer a variety of scientifically and politically relevant questions. Van Praag, a pioneer in this field since 1971, and Ferrer-i-Carbonell present in this book a generally applicable methodology for the analysis\n\u003cbr\u003eof subjective satisfaction. Drawing on a range of surveys on people's satisfaction with their jobs, income, housing, marriages, and government policy, among other areas of life, this book shows how\n\u003cbr\u003esatisfaction with life \"as a whole\" is an aggregate of these domain satisfactions. Using German, British, Dutch, and Russian data, the authors cover a wide range of topics, even some not usually considered part of economic study.The book makes a distinction between actual satisfaction levels and individual norms, and in this way complements Van Praag's earlier work within the Leyden School with his later work in \"happiness research\". Among the many topics covered, the authors\n\u003cbr\u003ediscuss: individuals' memory and anticipation processes and the estimation of adaptation phenomena (how individuals adapt to changing circumstances); the effect of reference groups on income norms and\n\u003cbr\u003esatisfaction with income; the importance of climate for well-being, including the development of a climate-equivalence index; the trade-offs between chronic diseases and income when well-being is kept constant; the damage of aircraft noise on well-being; the construction of a new talent tax tariff; and inequality from a satisfaction perspective, including the definition of \"satisfaction inequalities\", a natural extension of income inequality and poverty.This groundbreaking book\n\u003cbr\u003epresents new and fruitful methodology that consitutes a welcome addition to the social sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43934944362734,"sku":"9780198286547","price":257.54,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780198286547.jpg?v=1706223638"},{"product_id":"happiness-and-the-good-life","title":"Happiness and the Good Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is happiness? How is it related to morality and virtue? Does living with illusion promote or diminish happiness? Is it better to pursue happiness with a partner than alone? Philosopher Mike W. Martin addresses these and other questions as he connects the meaning of happiness with the philosophical notion of \"the good life.\"  Defining happiness as loving one's life and valuing it in ways manifested by ample enjoyment and a deep sense of meaning, Martin explores\n\u003cbr\u003ethe ways in which happiness interacts with all other dimensions of good lives--in particular with moral decency and goodness, authenticity, mental health, self-fulfillment, and meaningfulness. He\n\u003cbr\u003einterweaves a variety of examples from memoirs, novels, and films along the way, connecting his discussion of the philosophical issues to related topics that interest all of us: virtue, love, philanthropy, suffering, simplicity, balancing work and leisure, and much more. Drawing on wide-ranging and robust evidence, Martin also makes the case that we need a \"politics of happiness\" whereby government would apply the results of recent \"happiness studies\" in psychology to public policy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44156275032302,"sku":"9780199845217","price":124.8,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780199845217.jpg?v=1706223633"},{"product_id":"happiness-growth-and-the-life-cycle","title":"Happiness, Growth, and the Life Cycle","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second in a series of books published with the IZA, this volume presents Richard Easterlin's outstanding research on the analysis of subjective well-being, and on the relationship between demographic developments and economic outcomes. In both fields, his work has laid the foundations for enlarging the scope of traditional economic analysis and has increased our understanding of behaviour in several important domains, such as fertility choices, labour market\n\u003cbr\u003ebehaviour, and the determinants of individual well-being.In various seminal contributions, Easterlin has demonstrated the importance of material aspirations and relative economic\n\u003cbr\u003estatus for human behaviour. This book is a collection of 11 of his key papers, revised and edited to make a cohesive book.  New material includes an Introduction from the editors, two section Introductions from Easterlin, and an Epilogue from Easterlin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44156292399342,"sku":"9780199597093","price":156.23,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780199597093.jpg?v=1706223639"},{"product_id":"lifes-values-pleasure-happiness-well-being-and-meaning","title":"Life's Values Pleasure, Happiness, Well-Being, and Meaning","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Life's Values Alan H. Goldman seeks to explain what is of ultimate value in individual lives. The proposed candidates include pleasure, happiness, meaning, and well-being. Only the latter is the all-inclusive category of personal value, and it consists in the satisfaction of deep rational desires.  Since individuals' rational desires differ, the book cannot dictate what will maximize your own well-being and what in particular you ought to pursue. However\n\u003cbr\u003eit can tell you to make your desires rational (that is, informed and coherent) and it can also explain the nature of these states that typically enter into well-being: pleasure, happiness, and meaning being\n\u003cbr\u003etypically partial causes as well as effects of well-being.  All are by-products of satisfying rational desires and rarely successfully aimed at directly.  Pleasure comes in sensory, intentional, and pure feeling forms, each with an opposite in pain or distress.  Happiness in its primary sense is an emotion, not a constant state as some philosophers assume, and in secondary senses a mood (disposition to have an emotion) or temperament (disposition to be in a mood).  Meaning in life is a matter\n\u003cbr\u003eof events in one's life fitting into intelligible narratives.  Events in narratives are understood teleologically as well as causally, in terms of outcomes aimed at as well antecedent events.  So, in\n\u003cbr\u003ethe briefest terms, this book distinguishes and relates pleasure, happiness, well-being, and meaning, and relates each to motivation and value.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44156421669102,"sku":"9780192857019","price":45.36,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780192857019.jpg?v=1706230714"},{"product_id":"virtues-of-happiness-the","title":"Virtues of Happiness, The","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs children, we learn life is unfair: bad things happen to good people and good things happen to bad people. So, it is natural to ask, \"Why play fairly in an unfair world? 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And, she says, these alarmist fears are drawing attention away from the real issues that young adults are facing. Drawing on a large-scale survey and interviews with students on thirteen college campuses, Freitas finds that what young people are overwhelmingly concerned with--what they really want to talk about--is happiness. They face enormous pressure to look perfect online--not just happy, but blissful, ecstatic, and fabulously successful. Unable to achieve this impossible standard, they are anxious about letting the less-than-perfect parts of themselves become public. Far from wanting to share everything, they are brutally selective when it comes to curating their personal profiles, and worry obsessively that they might unwittingly post something that could come back to haunt them later in life. Through candid conversations with young people from diverse backgrounds, Freitas reveals how even the most well-adjusted individuals can be stricken by self-doubt when they compare their experiences with the vast collective utopia that they see online. And sometimes, as on anonymous platforms like Yik Yak, what they see instead is a depressing cesspool of racism and misogyny. Yet young people are also extremely attached to their smartphones and apps, which sometimes bring them great pleasure. It is very much a love-hate relationship.While much of the public's attention has been focused on headline-grabbing stories, the everyday struggles and joys of young people have remained under the radar. Freitas brings their feelings to the fore, in the words of young people themselves. 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This book, based on extensive fieldwork and original research, considers how specific groups of Japanese people view and strive for the pursuit of happiness. It examines the importance of relationships, family, identity, community and self-fulfilment, amongst other factors. 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This unique collection of essays seeks to rectify that omission, by identifying the nature and role of the religious contribution to wellbeing.A unique collection of nineteen leading scholars from the field of economics, psychology, public theology and social policy have been brought together in this volume to explore the religious contribution to the debate about happiness and well-being. These essays explore the religious dimensions to a number of key features of well-being, including marriage, crime and rehabilitation, work, inequality, mental health, environment, participation, institutional theory, business and trade. They engage particularly closely with current trends in economics in identifying alternative models of economic growth which focus on its qualitative as well as quantitative dimensions. This distinctive volume brings to public notice the nature and role of religion’s contribution to wellbeing, including new ways of measurement and evaluation. As such, it represents a valuable and unprecedented resource for the development of a broad-based religious contribution to the field. It will be of particular relevance for those who are concerned about the continuing debate about personal and societal well-being, as well as those who are interested in the continuing significance of religion for the future of public policy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44521423143150,"sku":"9780415746830","price":74.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780415746830.jpg?v=1702052338"},{"product_id":"psychology-of-happiness","title":"Psychology of Happiness","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is happiness? Why are some people happier than others?This new edition of The Psychology of Happinessprovides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of research into the nature of happiness. Major research developments have occurred since publication of the first edition in 1987 – here they are brought together for the first time, often with surprising conclusions.Drawing on research from the disciplines of sociology, physiology and economics as well as psychology, Michael Argyle explores the nature of positive and negative emotions, and the psychological and cognitive processes involved in their generation. Accessible and wide-ranging coverage is provided on key issues such as: the measurements and study of happiness, mental and physical health; the effect of friendship, marriage and other relationships on positive moods; happiness, mental and physical health; the effects of work, employment and leisure; and the effects of money, class and education. The importance of individual personality traits such as optimism, purpose in life, internal control and having the right kind of goals is also analysed. New to this edition is additional material on national differences, the role of humour, and the effect of religion. Are some countries happier than others? This is just one of the controversial issues addressed by the author along the way.Finally the book discusses the practical application of research in this area, such as how happiness can be enhanced, and the effects of happiness on health, altruism and sociability. 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This book investigates the connections between sociostructural aspects, individual agency and happiness in contemporary Japan from a life course perspective. The contributors examine quantitative and qualitative empirical data on the processes that impact how happiness and well-being are envisioned, crafted, and debated in Japan across the life-cycle. Therefore, the book discusses the shifting notions of happiness during people’s lives from birth to death, analyzing the age group-specific experiences while taking into consideration people’s life trajectories and historical changes. It points out recent developments in regards to demographic change, late marriage, and the changing labor market and focuses on their significant impact on the well-being of Japanese people. In particular it highlights the interdependencies of lives within the family and how families are collaborating for the purpose of maintaining or enhancing the happiness of its members. 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