The Other Side of Happiness: Embracing a More Fearless Approach to Living
Autor Dr. Brock Bastianen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 ian 2019
In today's culture, happiness has become the new marker of success, while hardships are viewed as personal weaknesses, or problems to be fixed. We increasingly try to eradicate pain through medication and by insulating ourselves from risk and offence, despite being the safest generation to have ever lived. Yet in his research, renowned social psychologist Brock Bastian has found that suffering and sadness are neither antithetical to happiness nor incidental to it: they are a necessary ingredient for emotional well-being.
Drawing on psychology, neuroscience and internationally acclaimed findings from Bastian's own lab,The Other Side of Happinessencourages us to take a more fearless approach to living. The most thrilling moments of our lives are often balanced on a knife edge between pleasure and pain, whether it is finding your true love, holding your new-born for the first time, finishing a marathon or even plunging into an icy sea. This is because pain and the threat of loss quite literally increase our capacity for happiness, as Bastian reveals, making us stronger, more resilient, more connected to other people and more attuned to what truly matters. Pain even makes us more mindful, since in our darkest moments we are especially focused and aware of the world around us.
Our addiction to positivity and the pursuit of pleasure is actually making us miserable. Brock Bastian shows that, without some pain, we have no real way to achieve and appreciate the kind of happiness that is true and transcendent.
'Brock Bastian skilfully shatters the zeitgeist of positive thinking, showing how struggle and suffering are vital elements of a life well lived'
Adam Grant, author of ORIGINALS and OBTION B with Sheryl Sandberg
'If you're tired of all the simple minded books telling you to just cheer up and be happy, this is the book for you!' Roy F. Baumeister, author of WILLPOWER: REDISCOVERING THEGREATEST HUMAN STRENGTH
'Explains why hardship sometimes yields richer lives that are laden with meaning, deep social connections, and unexpected bliss. A beautifully written and important book that should be required reading for anyone who's ever wondered why well-being so oftenflourishes in unexpected places' Adam Alter, author of DRUNK TANK PINK
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141982106
ISBN-10: 0141982101
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141982101
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Dr.
Brock
Bastianis
an
Associate
Professor
in
the
School
of
Psychological
Sciences
at
the
University
of
Melbourne.
His
studies
have
been
reviewed
in
leading
news
outlets
such
asTime
Magazine,
Huffington
Post,
Economist,
New
Scientist,
Scientific
American,
CNN,
ABC,
Globe
and
Mail,
The
New
YorkerandNew
York
Magazine.
Brock's
pioneering
approach
to
research
has
been
acknowledged
with
the
Wegner
Theoretical
Innovation
Prize,
and
his
presentations
have
been
included
on
the
ABC
Radio
National
Big
Ideas
podcast.
Recenzii
Pain
is
bad,
right?
In
this
fascinating
book,
Brock
Bastian
will
convince
you
otherwise.
Drawing
on
both
vivid
everyday
examples
and
surprising
laboratory
findings,
he
shows
how
pain,
suffering,
and
struggle
give
us
pleasure,
make
us
kinder,
focus
our
thoughts,
and
give
our
life
meaning.
Bastian
is
a
brilliant
researcher
and
deep
thinker
and
THE
OTHER
SIDE
OF
HAPPINESS
is
a
delight
to
read
Brock Bastian skilfully shatters the zeitgeist of positive thinking, showing how struggle and suffering are vital elements of a life well lived
This is a marvellous, thought-provoking challenge to how we think about and go about the pursuit of happiness. If you're tired of all the simple minded books telling you to just cheer up and be happy, this is the book for you!
Explains why hardship sometimes yields richer lives that are laden with meaning, deep social connections, and unexpected bliss. A beautifully written and important book that should be required reading for anyone who's ever wondered why well-being so often flourishes in unexpected places
Brock Bastian skilfully shatters the zeitgeist of positive thinking, showing how struggle and suffering are vital elements of a life well lived
This is a marvellous, thought-provoking challenge to how we think about and go about the pursuit of happiness. If you're tired of all the simple minded books telling you to just cheer up and be happy, this is the book for you!
Explains why hardship sometimes yields richer lives that are laden with meaning, deep social connections, and unexpected bliss. A beautifully written and important book that should be required reading for anyone who's ever wondered why well-being so often flourishes in unexpected places