The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After Midlife by Jonathan Rauch (Engli

Description: The Happiness Curve by Jonathan Rauch This book will change your life by showing you how life changes.Why does happiness get harder in your 40s? Why do you feel in a slump even when youre successful? Where does this malaise come from? And, most importantly, will it ever end?Drawing on cutting-edge research, award-winning journalist Jonathan Rauch answers all these questions. He shows that from our 20s into our 40s, happiness follows a well-documented U-shaped trajectory, a "happiness curve", declining from the optimism of youth into whats often a long, low trough in middle age, before starting to rise again in our 50s.This isnt a midlife crisis, though. Rauch reveals that this downturn is instead a natural stage of life – and an essential one. By shifting priorities away from competition and toward compassion, you can equip yourself with new tools of wisdom and gratitude to head positively into your later years.And Rauch can testify to this personally – it was his own slump, despite acclaim as a journalist and commentator that compelled him to investigate the happiness curve. His own story and the stories of many others from all walks of life – from a steelworker and a limo driver to a telecoms executive and a philanthropist – show how the ordeal of midlife malaise can reboot our values and even our brains for a rebirth of gratitude.Full of insights and eye-opening data, and featuring practical ways to endure the dip and avoid its perils and traps, The Happiness Curve doesnt just show you the dark forest of midlife, it helps you find a path through the trees. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography JONATHAN RAUCH is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington and a contributing editor of The Atlantic. He has also written for The New Republic, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, among many other publications. He lives with his husband in Washington, DC. Table of Contents 1. The Voyage of LifeThomas Coles journey—and mine2. What Makes Us Happy (and Doesnt)The strange illogic of life satisfaction3. A Timely DiscoveryHow unsuspecting economists (and apes) found the happiness curve4. The Shape of the RiverTime, happiness, and the curve of the U5. The Expectations TrapMidlife malaise is often about nothing6. The Paradox of AgingWhy getting old makes you happier7. Crossing Toward WisdomThe happiness curve has a purpose, and its social8. Helping OurselvesHow to get through the U9. Helping Each OtherBringing midlife out of the closet10. Epilogue: GratitudeAcknowledgmentsSources and MethodsIndex Review This brilliant book is chock full of unexpected findings, revelatory insights, and consoling wisdom about aging, happiness, and the stages of life. I would say that everyone in his or her forties should read it--it will be a soothing balm for those in the dark wood of middle age--but thats too limiting: really, every thinking adult should read this stimulating intellectual adventure story, which is also a genuinely helpful guidebook to life * Scott Stossel, author of My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind and editor of The Atlantic *Essential reading for everyone over 40 * George E. Vaillant M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School * Promotional This book will change your life by showing you how life changes.Why does happiness get harder in your 40s? Why do you feel in a slump even when youre successful? Where does this malaise come from? And, most importantly, will it ever end? Review Quote This brilliant book is chock full of unexpected findings, revelatory insights, and consoling wisdom about aging, happiness, and the stages of life. I would say that everyone in his or her forties should read it--it will be a soothing balm for those in the dark wood of middle age--but thats too limiting: really, every thinking adult should read this stimulating intellectual adventure story, which is also a genuinely helpful guidebook to life Promotional "Headline" This book will change your life by showing you how life changes.Why does happiness get harder in your 40s? Why do you feel in a slump even when youre successful? Where does this malaise come from? And, most importantly, will it ever end? Feature midlife and happiness are very buzzy at the moment Details ISBN1472960971 ISBN-10 1472960971 ISBN-13 9781472960979 Format Paperback Author Jonathan Rauch Pages 272 Year 2019 Publication Date 2019-06-13 Imprint Green Tree Subtitle Why Life Gets Better After Midlife Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 155.66 Short Title The Happiness Curve Language English UK Release Date 2019-06-13 NZ Release Date 2019-06-13 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Audience General AU Release Date 2019-09-02 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:123333727;

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