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Index
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Foreword
A note to the reader
A little warm-up
Introduction: stuttering into happiness
PART 1: Developing Happiness
1. What is happiness?
Happiness as evaluation
Happiness as feelings
The pleasure-purpose principle
The PPP for life
2. What do we know about happiness?
Experience sampling
German days
American episodes
Other evidence on happiness
The measure matters
3. What causes happiness?
From widgets to happiness
Above and below the surface
Behavioral spillovers
The shifting sands of attention
Attending to happiness
4. Why aren’t we happier?
Mistaken desires
Mistaken projections
Mistaken beliefs
Reallocating attention
PART 2: Delivering Happiness
5. Deciding happiness
Pay attention to your own feedback
Pay attention to the feedback of others
Don’t try too hard
Happier by deciding
6. Designing happiness
Priming
Defaults
Commitments
Social norms
Designing habits
Happier by designing
7. Doing happiness
Pay attention to what you are doing
Pay attention to who you are doing it with
Don’t get distracted
Happier by doing
8. Decide, design, and do
Dither less
Distribute more
Efficient production
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
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