A brilliant guide to living a happier life (even if it's not so perfect)Bestselling author Tal Ben-Shahar has done it again. InBeing Happy(originally published in hardcover asThe Pursuit of Perfect, 978-0-07160882-4), he gives you not only you the theory but also the tools to help you learn how to accept life as it actually is instead of what you think it should be. By using the science of positive psychology along with acceptance, Ben-Shahar shows you how to escape the rat race and begin living a life of serenity, happiness, and fulfillment.With the same technique that madeHappiersuch a great success,Being Happyshows you how to let go of unrealistic expectations and truly accept your emotions for a more serene life.Praise for Ben-Shahar: "[Tal Ben-Shahar has] a rare brand of good sense that is embedded in scientific knowledge about how to increase happiness."-- Martin E. P. Seligman, author ofAuthentic Happiness"Ben-Shahar teaches that happiness isn't as elusive as people think."--Publishers Weekly"One of the most popular teachers in Harvard's recent history."-- Ellen J. Langer, author ofMindfulnessandOn Becoming an ArtistTal Ben-Shaharis the New York Times bestselling author ofHappier. He consults and lectures around the world to executives in multinational corporations, the general public, and at-risk populations. For more information, visit www.talbenshahar.com

This groundbreaking handbook of human strengths and virtues is the first progress report from a prestigious group of researchers in the Values in Action Classification Project, which has undertaken a systematic classification and measurement of universal strengths and virtues. This landmark work makes possible for the first time a science of human strengths that goes beyond armchair philosophy and political science. The handbook begins with the background of the VIA classification scheme and defines terms before describing in thorough detail the current state of knowledge with respect to each of the 24 character strengths in the classification. Addressing issues of assessment and measurement, practical applications, and directions for future research, this work will demand the attention of any psychologist who is interested in positive psychology and its relevance to clinical, personality, and social psychology.

积极心理学是心理学领域的一场革命，也是人类社会发展史中的一个新里程碑。它倡导心理学的积极取向，以研究人类的积极心理品质、关注人类的健康幸福与和谐发展。Alan Carr的这本划时代的著作试图以全新的理念、开放的姿态诠释与实践心理学。《有关幸福和人类优势的科学：积极心理学（第2版）》仍以幸福感为核心，并紧跟积极心理学在21世纪的头10年里发生的巨大发展，对第一版进行了彻底的修订，通俗、全面而透彻地介绍了积极心理学的各个领域：怎样理解幸福和主观幸福感；积极心理学的四个核心主题：积极的个人特质、希望与乐观、沉浸体验和情商；天赋、创造力和智慧与人类的成就；塑造积极自我，增强个人韧性和社会适应力；在生命周期中建立积极的社会关系，特别关注了爱、利他、共情、信任、原谅和感恩等话题；积极心理治疗取向对增进幸福的启示。

Our most commonly held formula for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that if we work hard we will be more successful, and if we are more successful, then we’ll be happy. If we can just find that great job, win that next promotion, lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology have shown that this formula is actually backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around. When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and productive at work. This isn’t just an empty mantra. This discovery has been repeatedly borne out by rigorous research in psychology and neuroscience, management studies, and the bottom lines of organizations around the globe. In The Happiness Advantage , Shawn Achor, who spent over a decade living, researching, and lecturing at Harvard University, draws on his own research—including one of the largest studies of happiness and potential at Harvard and others at companies like UBS and KPMG—to fix this broken formula. Using stories and case studies from his work with thousands of Fortune 500 executives in 42 countries, Achor explains how we can reprogram our brains to become more positive in order to gain a competitive edge at work. Isolating seven practical, actionable principles that have been tried and tested everywhere from classrooms to boardrooms, stretching from Argentina to Zimbabwe, he shows us how we can capitalize on the Happiness Advantage to improve our performance and maximize our potential. Among the principles he outlines: •The Tetris Effect: how to retrain our brains to spot patterns of possibility, so we can see—and seize—opportunities wherever we look. •The Zorro Circle: how to channel our efforts on small, manageable goals, to gain the leverage to gradually conquer bigger and bigger ones. •Social Investment: how to reap the dividends of investing in one of the greatest predictors of success and happiness—our social support network A must-read for everyone trying to excel in a world of increasing workloads, stress, and negativity, The Happiness Advantage isn’t only about how to become happier at work. It’s about how to reap the benefits of a happier and more positive mind-set to achieve the extraordinary in our work and in our lives.

“Finally we have a self-help book from a reputable scientist whose advice is based on the best experimental data.” —Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness “Is lasting happiness attainable or a pipe dream? For the last eighteen years, University of California—Riverside professor of psychology Sonja Lyubomirsky has studied this question, and what she reports might even sway pessimists.” —U.S. News & World Report “Lyubomirsky’s central point is clear: a significant portion of what is called happiness . . . is up for grabs. Taking some pages out of the positive psychology playbook, she coaches readers on how to snag it.” —The New York Review of Books “The right place to look for science-based advice on how to become happier.” —Martin Seligman, author of Learned Optimism --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

《哈佛大学的幸福课》浓缩了泰勒博士幸福课程的思想精华，结合当代中国大众的幸福需求，做了极富启示的关于人生幸福的思考与解读。全书从生活的富足为什么不能带来幸福这一实际出发，以讲授课程的方式对幸福的含义、幸福的感受、幸福的寻找、幸福的实现等关于幸福的话题，做了多角度、多维度的剖析，并介绍了中外现实生活中的众多案例，是一本极具思想启迪与人生励志意义的生活教科书。 在世界著名高等学府哈佛大学，排名第一的课程，不是时鬓的经济学课程，也不是实用的法律课程，而是泰勒?本一沙哈尔博士的幸福课。泰勒博士被誉为哈佛大学"最受欢迎的讲师"，他的幸福课引起了前所未有的轰动。 幸福课受到美国及其他国家主流媒体的关注与报道：美国CNN电视台、英国BBC电视台，美国《波士顿环球报》、《纽约邮报》、《纽约时报》、《福克斯新闻》，英国《时代报》、意大利《新闻报》、《韩国时报》、《印度时报》、《中国青年报》等都进行了积极报道。