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When the world is upside down and the future uncertain, is it possible to find happiness? Happiness expert Tal Ben-Shahar unequivocally says yes! In Happier, No Matter What, he gives listeners a toolbox for finding hope and purpose - the SPIRE method.

Can we really learn to be happy? Yes, we can. Each semester, nearly 1,400 students sign up for Harvard professor Tal Ben-Shahar's life-changing class, "How to Get Happy". Currently it's the hottest course at Harvard, taken by 20 percent of its graduates. In Happier, Professor Ben-Shahar brings the ideas of the Ivory Tower to Main Street, distilling the lessons and exercises from his course into a slim volume of practical wisdom.

We have more choices than we realize. In fact, according to positive psychology expert Tal Ben-Shahar, our entire life is made of choices, large and small. It is what we choose moment by moment and day by day - to do, to feel, to experience - that determines how happy and fulfilled we are. Every moment, then, is an opportunity to make a choice that will bring us greater happiness. Ben- Shahar presents 100 such opportunities, some simple, such as whether to frown or smile; others complex....

 People functioning at the highest level are what the authors call 10x leaders. Research on these leaders consistently brought up five major strengths. This book teaches readers to become a 10x leader using these five key areas, the SHARP framework. 

Applying cutting-edge research in the field of positive psychology - the scientific principles taught in his wildly popular course at Harvard University - Ben-Shahar takes us off the impossible pursuit of perfection and directs us to the way to happiness, richness, and true fulfillment. He shows us the freedom derived from not trying to do it all right all the time and the real lessons that failure and painful emotions can teach us.

Si vous vous sentez comme la plupart des acteurs de ce monde du travail hyper-connecté et toujours plus exigeant, cela fait belle lurette que vous n'éprouvez plus de plaisir à ce que vous faites. Si votre vie professionnelle en souffre, votre vie personnelle aussi paie un lourd tribut. La bonne nouvelle, c'est qu'il ne doit pas forcément en aller ainsi ! Vous pouvez faire renaître votre passion pour la vie et votre travail, afin de vous épanouir et de réussir comme vous le méritez. Ce livre vous montre comment y arriver.

Drôle, accessible, rassurant, un petit traité pour se libérer d'un mal insidieux : le perfectionnisme. Après le succès de "L'apprentissage du bonheur", un livre audio de travail indispensable pour apprendre à s'accepter, même imparfait, et être enfin soi-même. Se dépasser. Faire toujours mieux. Être plus efficace. Tous les jours, nous nous imposons des objectifs impossibles à atteindre.

In his trailblazing Harvard courses, internationally best-selling books, and lectures and videos, positive psychologist Tal Ben-Shahar has shared his essential, scientifically backed tools for finding fulfillment the world over. But even the happiness expert needs a boost from time to time! Tal found his not in a guru or fellow psychologist but rather in his longtime neighbourhood barber, Avi - a man with a gift for making his clients look and feel great with wisdom beyond his years. Tal's visits to Avi soon grew into a friendship deeper than most.