Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment
by Tal BenShahar
Recommended by Tony Hsieh
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Starts in an upbeat, lecturey voice that pairs brief summaries of positive-psychology findings with classroom anecdotes. Useful as a practical primer: it hands you approachable habits and reframes (gratitude, flow, choice architecture) you can try, and is reassuring when you need simple next steps. Limiting when you want rigorous, skeptical analysis—examples repeat, citations are lightweight, and the sunny tone can sidestep real-world constraints on wellbeing. Best read slowly and selectively rather than as an academic survey; some may find the optimism bordering on prescriptive.
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Psychology, Psychology, and Personal Development.
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Consider The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. Recommended by 8 sources.
“Soft-spoken, heavily illustrated fable built from short dialogues and watercolor sketches. Each spread pairs a spare line of text with a loose drawing, so the pleasure is visual and aphoristic rather than narrative; readers collect felt-true sentences more than plot. Most useful when you want quick consolations, a prompt for conversation with a child, or a pause during a rough day. Limiting if you want sustained argument, concrete advice, or tightly plotted storytelling: the repetition of gentleness can feel sentimental or thin after a while.”
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