Trong khoá học được yêu thích nhất tại Yale University, giáo sư Laurie Santos sẽ đưa ra các bài học thiết thực để sống “hạnh phúc” (well-being) hơn.
Khoá học cũng sẽ cho thấy những thứ chúng ta nghĩ sẽ mang lại hạnh phúc: tiền bạc, công việc, tình yêu đích thực,… hoá ra không mang đến nhiều hạnh phúc như chúng ta hình dung.
‒ Why are lovers quicker to forgive their partners for infidelity than for leaving dirty dishes in the sink?
‒ Why will sighted people pay more to avoid going blind than blind people will pay to regain their sight?
‒ Why do dining companions insist on ordering different meals instead of getting what they really want?
‒ Why does the line at the grocery store always slow down the moment we join it?
In this brilliant, witty, and accessible book, renowned Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert describes the foibles of imagination and illusions of foresight that cause each of us to misconceive our tomorrows and misestimate our satisfactions.
Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s famous investigations of “optimal experience” have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness called flow.
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