anoukjansen's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

3.5

stephanya's review against another edition

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I read this 12 years ago, so I can't give a proper rating. However, this book ultimately lead me down the path to becoming a therapist. It ignited a fascination with what happiness means and how to make it a reality. I definitely want to reread this.

klstogdill's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

dsgn301's review against another edition

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4.0

An interesting look into what happiness is, how we define it, and what we think of as important elements in our search for happiness. I found that there were parts of the book that dove to deep and lingered on a topic too long, but overall the message was well delivered. As an aethiest myself, I appreciated Haidts approach to the role religion plays in happiness, and his ability to address it from a non-preachy way. It think there is a lot to be learned from this, and as usual with any book on social psychology it can be taken with a grain of salt.

wooknight's review against another edition

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5.0

The author explores ancient philosophy and modern psychology and neatly explains the daily issues that plague most of us , issues such as procrastination , inability to follow through with projects , boredom and other burning questions. There are no easy answers but the author does hold a flashlight in an interesting direction

mahir007's review against another edition

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5.0

معادلة السعادة ...

يقول (جوناثان هايت) في كتابه (فرضية السعادة) بأن التجارب التي أظهرت أن للجينات دور كبير بموضوع السعادة ، قد شكلت ضربة قوية لعلم النفس الذي اعتقد منذ فرويد أن طفولة الإنسان و طريقة تربيته هي التي تحدد كيفية تشكل شخصيته (ميالة إلى السعادة أو التعاسة) ...
لكن مع ذلك ، عندما أسس (مارتن سيلغمان) علم النفس الإيجابي عام 1990 ، فإنه و بالتعاون مع عدد من علماء النفس الآخرين ، عمل على إيجاد ما يسمى (صيغة أو معادلة السعادة) و التي حاولت أن تبحث في عكس ما توصلت له التجارب العلمية السابقة عن علاقة الجينات بالأمر ... و كانت المعادلة كالتالي :

H = S + C + V

و يقصد بالحرف H طبعاً : السعادة : Happiness
بينما يقصد بالحرف S : العلامة البيولوجية Biological Setpoint
و يقصد بالحرف C : الظروف : Conditions
و يقصد بالحرف V : الأفعال الإرادية أو الإختيارية : Voluntary Actions

يقول (هايت) لا يمكن للتأثيرات الخارجية من أن تكون معدومة التأثير ، ولابد من أنها تساعد في رفع معدل سعادة من كان سيء الحظ من ناحية موضوع الجينات !!
فالظروف مثلاً تشمل : المجتمع الذي تولد فيه ، و العلاقات التي تفرض عليك (كالعائلة) ، و الشكل الخارجي ، و العرق ، و ربما الجنس و الديانة أيضاً !!

أما بالنسبة للأفعال الإرادية ، فلا يمكننا أن ننكر دور فلسفات (كالبوذية) وفلسفة (إبيكتيتوس) على سبيل المثال ، بالرغم من صعوبة الطريق الذي سلكوه ، لكنه مع ذلك يبدو فعالاً مع البعض و له نتائج إيجابية على المدى الطويل !!

#Maher_Razouk
#ماهررزوق

jrwren's review against another edition

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2.0

first couple chapters were great, then it got kinda less interesting to me. I blame myself. I just wasn't in the mood.

kimball_hansen's review against another edition

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2.0

2.5 stars. Almost 3. I was expecting more from this book. It didn't deliver like I thought it would. Plus his politics really got in the way. I liked his other books more.

There is no good or bad, only what you think it is. - crappy Shakespeare

Happiness is the most highly heritable aspects of personality.

Pleasures should be savored and varied. Like the French way of eating.

jameskeates's review against another edition

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3.0

Not a self-help book, but a review of the psychological studies of happiness (the subtitle says it all) and how they link to common themes from the past, Eastern (Buddhism and Hinduism) and Western (Stoic and Epicurean philosophy). An interesting read when approached from that point of view, although I would like to see an updated edition (it was written in 2006), perhaps touching on social media but more importantly looking at how the quoted results hold up as psychology undergoes a replication crisis that undermines some of its most famous results. Still, I think Haidt successfully makes the case for positive psychology: that science can help us to lead a fulfilling or happy life as well as treat diseases. The insight into the weird tricks psychologists must devise to create "blind" experiments is also fascinating.

(For a self-help book, albeit one Haidt might find inclines too strongly to the Stoic position, I can recommend Derren Brown's Happy.)

mattleesharp's review against another edition

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3.0

Just another popsci should've just been a long article books. Haidt seems like a charming person though. And there's always some value in training your brain to think about itself.