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# The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything=Have Everything

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Review: An Inspiring Summary of What Leads to Well Being - With the rapid growth of Positive Psychology there’s been an explosion in books on happiness. desertcart lists 100,000 books on the topic! I lean heavily toward personal, leadership, or organization development books that are evidence-based. Neil does cite some research and many of his approaches align well with the emerging science of well-being. What sets this book apart is simplicity, practicality, and readability. Neil uses a breezy, conversational style, liberally illustrated with his “scribbles” or hand drawn diagrams. The very short chapters — some only one page — makes the book easy and fun to browse. Here are a few points that stood out most for me: • The traditional equation of Great work -> Big Success -> Be Happy needs to Change to Be Happy -> Great Work -> Big Success. Be happy needs to come first. • Do it for you. Don’t do it to please others. • Lack of self-confidence is the root of why we pay too much attention to critics and compare ourselves to others to gauge our success. High opinion of both ourselves and others is what brings confidence. • We’re programmed to scan for problems to fix and dangers to watch out for. We have much to be grateful for and need to focus on our strengths and positives. • Retirement is a new concept, a Western concept, and a broken concept based on the assumptions that we enjoy doing nothing instead of being productive. Work gives us socializing, structure, stimulation, and story (purpose). • How much are you truly earning when you break it down hourly? Overvalue you and your own time. • Reduce your choices and decisions. • Multi-tasking is a myth — we can only do one thing at a time. • Create space for yourself. • It’s easier to act yourself into a new way of thinking than to think yourself into a new way of acting. • Be you — be authentic. Your relationship with yourself is the most important relationship in your life. • Your spouse/life partner has a huge impact on your happiness. • You can take advice, but you need to listen to your inner voice and decide for yourself. Neil calls many of his chapters and sections “secrets.” But they’re becoming pretty well-known now. If you’re looking for an inspiring and uplifting summary or reminder of what leads to higher happiness and well-being, "The Happiness Equation adds up" to time well invested.
Review: I highly recommend this book. - “So don’t you think every college, university, and library would be full of courses and advice on how we can become happier? On how we can make decisions that spur ourselves into positive action every day? When I asked a hospitality CEO if he knew a book, model or website that actually helped people navigate and simplify their most challenging decisions so they can live with contentment, freedom, and happiness, he said, ‘That book doesn’t exist. It would be like asking every high-powered executive, successful person, and positive leader to distill all the personal mental models they’ve created over their lives into one book. Nobody has ever done it.’ I know this is true because I’ve been searching for a practical book with real frameworks on leading myself to happiness for years. I wanted something beyond stories about generals, parables about penguins, and research studies with data pointing any which way. I wanted real, I wanted practical, I wanted clear. I wanted an action book that I could use every day. This is that book.” ~ Neil Pasricha from The Happiness Equation Neil Pasricha is awesome. And so is this book. Ryan Holiday connected us and I’m glad he did. Neil’s a fascinating guy—a Harvard MBA who runs a site called 1000awesomethings.com who also happens to be the director of leadership development for Walmart, one of the most popular TED speakers ever, the director of the Institute for Global Happiness AND the best-selling author of The Book of AWESOME series—with over 1 million books sold. (<—That is awesome.) He’s also a funny, great writer who packs a ton of super practical wisdom into this quick-reading book. I highly recommend it. I’m excited to share a few of my favorite Big Ideas: 1.The Big 7 - Ways to boost your happiness. 2. Waking up w/Icky Guy - Is really important. 3. Add an Hour to Your Day - Here's how 4. Tip from a Great Ohysicist - Just do it. 5. It's Saturday AM - What do you do? The wisdom we need is already within. We just need to slow down long enough to see it and then have the courage to live it. More goodness— including PhilosophersNotes on 300+ books in our '*OPTIMIZE*' membership program. Find out more at brianjohnson . me.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #84,579 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #493 in Happiness Self-Help #556 in Motivational Management & Leadership #1,198 in Success Self-Help |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,980) |
| Dimensions  | 5.51 x 0.69 x 8.25 inches |
| Edition  | Reprint |
| ISBN-10  | 0425277984 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0425277980 |
| Item Weight  | 8.3 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 304 pages |
| Publication date  | December 27, 2016 |
| Publisher  | G.P. Putnam's Sons |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An Inspiring Summary of What Leads to Well Being
*by J***R on July 21, 2016*

With the rapid growth of Positive Psychology there’s been an explosion in books on happiness. Amazon lists 100,000 books on the topic! I lean heavily toward personal, leadership, or organization development books that are evidence-based. Neil does cite some research and many of his approaches align well with the emerging science of well-being. What sets this book apart is simplicity, practicality, and readability. Neil uses a breezy, conversational style, liberally illustrated with his “scribbles” or hand drawn diagrams. The very short chapters — some only one page — makes the book easy and fun to browse. Here are a few points that stood out most for me: • The traditional equation of Great work -> Big Success -> Be Happy needs to Change to Be Happy -> Great Work -> Big Success. Be happy needs to come first. • Do it for you. Don’t do it to please others. • Lack of self-confidence is the root of why we pay too much attention to critics and compare ourselves to others to gauge our success. High opinion of both ourselves and others is what brings confidence. • We’re programmed to scan for problems to fix and dangers to watch out for. We have much to be grateful for and need to focus on our strengths and positives. • Retirement is a new concept, a Western concept, and a broken concept based on the assumptions that we enjoy doing nothing instead of being productive. Work gives us socializing, structure, stimulation, and story (purpose). • How much are you truly earning when you break it down hourly? Overvalue you and your own time. • Reduce your choices and decisions. • Multi-tasking is a myth — we can only do one thing at a time. • Create space for yourself. • It’s easier to act yourself into a new way of thinking than to think yourself into a new way of acting. • Be you — be authentic. Your relationship with yourself is the most important relationship in your life. • Your spouse/life partner has a huge impact on your happiness. • You can take advice, but you need to listen to your inner voice and decide for yourself. Neil calls many of his chapters and sections “secrets.” But they’re becoming pretty well-known now. If you’re looking for an inspiring and uplifting summary or reminder of what leads to higher happiness and well-being, "The Happiness Equation adds up" to time well invested.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I highly recommend this book.
*by B***S on April 12, 2016*

“So don’t you think every college, university, and library would be full of courses and advice on how we can become happier? On how we can make decisions that spur ourselves into positive action every day? When I asked a hospitality CEO if he knew a book, model or website that actually helped people navigate and simplify their most challenging decisions so they can live with contentment, freedom, and happiness, he said, ‘That book doesn’t exist. It would be like asking every high-powered executive, successful person, and positive leader to distill all the personal mental models they’ve created over their lives into one book. Nobody has ever done it.’ I know this is true because I’ve been searching for a practical book with real frameworks on leading myself to happiness for years. I wanted something beyond stories about generals, parables about penguins, and research studies with data pointing any which way. I wanted real, I wanted practical, I wanted clear. I wanted an action book that I could use every day. This is that book.” ~ Neil Pasricha from The Happiness Equation Neil Pasricha is awesome. And so is this book. Ryan Holiday connected us and I’m glad he did. Neil’s a fascinating guy—a Harvard MBA who runs a site called 1000awesomethings.com who also happens to be the director of leadership development for Walmart, one of the most popular TED speakers ever, the director of the Institute for Global Happiness AND the best-selling author of The Book of AWESOME series—with over 1 million books sold. (<—That is awesome.) He’s also a funny, great writer who packs a ton of super practical wisdom into this quick-reading book. I highly recommend it. I’m excited to share a few of my favorite Big Ideas: 1.The Big 7 - Ways to boost your happiness. 2. Waking up w/Icky Guy - Is really important. 3. Add an Hour to Your Day - Here's how 4. Tip from a Great Ohysicist - Just do it. 5. It's Saturday AM - What do you do? The wisdom we need is already within. We just need to slow down long enough to see it and then have the courage to live it. More goodness— including PhilosophersNotes on 300+ books in our '*OPTIMIZE*' membership program. Find out more at brianjohnson . me.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I liked that book.
*by A***M on February 29, 2024*

I liked that book. It does contain very interesting thoughts in first chapter (Do nothing), that I was thinking about, but never assembled all the pieces to final thought. It has not a bad second chapter, but 5th secret feels like a filler, just to match the slogan "3 secrets per chapter". And a little of useful thoughts in last chapter, which I wanted to skip all the time I was reading. Also I was listening this book as audiobook in parallel and thanks Neil for making an audiobook version) It already affects my negative thoughts and helps me understand some of my behaviours, but I can't say it will affect my life deeply. I liked that book :)

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