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What Should Make You Happy, But Doesn't, What Shouldn't Make You Happy, But Does
Penguin Press
January 2013
On Sale: January 3, 2013
320 pages
ISBN: 1594204373
EAN: 9781594204371
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Inspirational
Happiness expert Sonja Lyubomirsky’s research-based
lessons in how to find opportunity in life’s thorniest
moments
In The Myths of Happiness,
Sonja Lyubomirsky isolates the major turning points of adult
life, looking to both achievements (marriage, children,
professional satisfaction, wealth) and failures (singlehood,
divorce, financial ruin, illness) to reveal that our
misconceptions about the impact of such events is perhaps
the greatest threat to our long-term well-being.
Lyubomirsky argues that we have been given false
promises—myths that assure us that lifelong happiness will
be attained once we hit the culturally confirmed markers of
adult success. This restricted view of happiness works to
discourage us from recognizing the upside of any negative
life turn and blocks us from recognizing our own growth
potential. Our outsized expectations transform natural rites
of passage into emotional land mines and steer us to make
toxic decisions, as The Myths of Happiness
reveals.
Because we expect the best (or the
worst) from life’s turning points, we shortsightedly place
too much weight on our initial emotional responses. The
Myths of Happiness empowers readers to look beyond their
first response, sharing scientific evidence that often it is
our mindset—not our circumstances—that matters. Central to
these findings is the notion of hedonic adaptation, the fact
that people are far more adaptable than they think. Even
after a major life change—good or bad—we tend to return to
our initial happiness level, forgetting what once made us
elated or why we felt that life was so unbearable. The
Myths of Happiness offers the perspective we need to
make wiser choices, sharing how to slow the effects of this
adaptation after a positive turn and find the way forward in
a time of darkness.
In The Myths of
Happiness, Sonja Lyubomirsky turns an empirical eye to
the biggest, messiest moments, providing readers with the
clear-eyed vision they need to build the healthiest, most
satisfying life. A corrective course on happiness and a call
to regard life’s twists and turns with a more open mind,
The Myths of Happiness shares practical lessons with
life-changing potential.
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