Tal Ben-Shahar Bücher

Der Glückskurs des populärsten Dozenten der Harvard University – JETZT FÜR ALLE. Psychotherapie wird oft als Reparaturbetrieb für die Seele betrachtet, wobei positive Gemütszustände wie Vergnügen und Glück in der Therapie selten thematisiert werden. Dies erklärt den Aufstieg der Positiven Psychologie, die von Martin Seligman begründet wurde und in den USA immer mehr an Bedeutung gewinnt. Menschen möchten nicht nur an ihren Schwächen gemessen werden, sondern auch ihre Stärken und Glückspotenziale entdecken. Der Erfolg von Ben-Shahars Glückskursen in Harvard zeigt, dass er einen wichtigen Nerv getroffen hat. Sein Leitspruch „Transformation statt bloßer Information“ könnte das Bildungssystem revolutionieren. In seinem Buch skizziert Ben-Shahar die Grundlagen seiner Glückstheorie, die er auch in der Praxis anwendet, und überträgt diese auf verschiedene Lebensbereiche wie Erziehung, Arbeit und Beziehungen. Es dient zudem als Arbeitsbuch, das die Leser durch Nachdenkpausen, Fragen und Übungen zur aktiven Teilnahme anregt. Der humorvolle und unprätentiöse Stil des Autors sorgt dafür, dass die Inhalte unterhaltsam und zugänglich bleiben. Dies ist eine weitere Formel für Glück. Die Ansätze richten sich an Workaholics, Hedonisten, Nihilisten, Pessimisten und alle dazwischen.

The difference between flourishing and floundering is 10X. The difference between quantity and quality is a factor of 10. The difference in levels of engagement is exponential. 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

Perhaps no kind of regulation is more common or less useful than mandated disclosure--requiring one party to a transaction to give the other information. It is the iTunes terms you assent to, the doctor's consent form you sign, the pile of papers you get with your mortgage. Reading the terms, the form, and the papers is supposed to equip you to choose your purchase, your treatment, and your loan well. More Than You Wanted to Know surveys the evidence and finds that mandated disclosure rarely works. But how could it? Who reads these disclosures? Who understands them? Who uses them to make better choices? Omri Ben-Shahar and Carl Schneider put the regulatory problem in human terms. Most people find disclosures complex, obscure, and dull. Most people make choices by stripping information away, not layering it on. Most people find they can safely ignore most disclosures and that they lack the literacy to analyze them anyway. And so many disclosures are mandated that nobody could heed them all. Nor can all this be changed by simpler forms in plainer English, since complex things cannot be made simple by better writing. Furthermore, disclosure is a lawmakers' panacea, so they keep issuing new mandates and expanding old ones, often instead of taking on the hard work of writing regulations with bite

Why are our levels of emotional wealth decreasing despite an overall increase in material wealth? Is it possible to be successful and happy? How can we become happier? The Question of Happiness is a philosophical and psychological investigation into the nature of providing a new way of thinking about what happiness actually is, and exploring how we can be happier in relationships, at work, and in school. Tal Ben-Shahar's ideas are both rigorous and accessible, building on academic work while remaining practical and clear.

What kind of life do you want for yourself? What choices will create this kind of life? In his New York Times bestseller Happier, positive psychology expert Tal Ben-Shahar taught us how to become happier through simple exercises. Now, in Choose the Life You Want, he has a new, life-changing lesson to share: Drawing on the latest psychological research, Ben-Shahar shows how making the right choices—not the big, once-in-a-lifetime choices, but the countless small choices we make every day almost without noticing—has a direct, long-lasting impact on our happiness. Every single moment is an opportunity to make a conscious choice for a happy and fulfilled life. Choose the Life You Want covers 101 such choices, complete with real-life stories, to help you identify and act on opportunities large and small.

Even when everything is going wrong, the science of happiness can help you! Pioneering positive psychologist and New York Times–bestselling author Tal Ben-Shahar shows us how in Happier, No Matter What. Ben-Shahar busts the all-too-common ideas that success brings happiness and that we can seek happiness itself. When hard times thwart our success and steal our joy, these ideas actually invite despair by leaving us with nothing to do. But we can do something: We can climb the SPIRE—Ben-Shahar’s five-step staircase to hope and purpose. Spiritual: I am experiencing meaning. Physical: My body’s needs are met. Intellectual: I am learning. Relational: My friends support me. Emotional: I am allowed to feel. By truly living these five elements of well-being, we build the resilience to carry us through anything—from a personal loss to a global pandemic. Ben-Shahar’s all-new SPIRE method shows us the way to becoming “whole again”—and when we’re whole, we invite happiness in.

A brilliant guide to living a happier life (even if it's not so perfect) Bestselling author Tal Ben-Shahar has done it again. In Being Happy (originally published in hardcover as The 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 made Happier such a great success, Being Happy shows 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 of Authentic 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 of Mindfulness and On Becoming an Artist Tal Ben-Shahar is the New York Times bestselling author of Happier. 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

The book challenges the societal obsession with perfection, suggesting that this pursuit may hinder true happiness. Tal Ben-Shahar, drawing from positive psychology and his Harvard course, advocates for embracing imperfection as a path to fulfillment. He emphasizes the value of learning from failure and painful emotions, offering practical exercises, meditations, and self-reflection techniques. Ultimately, it encourages readers to prioritize happiness over perfection, revealing that one can achieve a rich and meaningful life without the burden of unrealistic expectations.

Just in time for a new year of happiness and joy, the New York Times bestselling author of Happier offers readers a week-by-week guided gratitude journal filled with mediations, time-ins, and words of inspiration.

From the New York Times bestselling psychologist who taught us how to be happier, an intimate, keepsake collection of wisdoms he learned from a most unlikely source.