{"product_id":"happiness-a-guide-to-developing-lifes-most-important-skill","title":"Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThis step-by-step guide to achieving happiness is the most significant book of its kind since Daniel Goleman's runaway bestseller, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eEmotional Intelligence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough we are materially better off than ever before, surveys show that we are depressed and listless. In his revolutionary book, Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard shows that happiness is not just an emotion, but a skill that can be developed. Free of jargon, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eHappiness \u003c\/span\u003econtains simple exercises that will train the mind to recognize and pursue happiness by concentrating on the fundamental things in life, and in doing so change the way we view the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'Matthieu Ricard exhorts us to realize the toxic, self-harming nature of anger and envy, get off the roller coaster of alternating happiness and unhappiness, and instead experience the pleasure of being calmly alive and aware.'  \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'A remarkable book. It is hard to imagine a more convincing guide to that elusive thing: happiness' Pankaj Mishra.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42888887173200,"sku":"9780857899309B","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780857899309-l.jpg?v=1788297904","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/happiness-a-guide-to-developing-lifes-most-important-skill","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}