Happiness Hacks: 100% Scientific! Curiously Effective!

Nice little book to have on you and read when you are feeling not sure how you feel

Books about happiness always make me feel good. There is something about focusing on joyous thoughts that makes life better. This book is no exception and was a real pleasure to read.Happiness Hacks does a great job focusing on objective studies of what makes people happy. It is well organized and gives information in easy to digest, bite sized chunks. A lot of other books with loads of information can get tedious, but this one moves along at a brisk pace. Books about happiness can also get really metaphysical so it was nice to read one more grounded in a science.Overall, this was an awesome book. I definitely recommend it. It'll make you happier.

What a fun, insightful read! Palmer's breezy how-to offers bite-sized morsels about happiness in a variety of different contexts, including home, the workplace, one's social circle, and online. With its rounded edges and compulsively flippable pages, the brightly colored volume invites readers to dip in and out of its tips and cautions: this would be a great book to leave out on the coffee table in a home or in the waiting room of an office. But the book also rewards more sustained attention. Palmer often acknowledges the contradictions implicit in his advice. Watching TV can make you unhappy -- unless you share the experience with a loved one. Coffee can be a positive in your daily routine -- but so can taking a break from caffeine to reduce your tolerance. Value deep friendships over weak ties -- but keep weak ties in your "friendship portfolio," or you'll be missing out on a general sense of belonging and a variety of perspectives that can spark creativity. Palmer's final point -- that happiness itself may have its downsides -- caps off the book with a level of nuance and ambiguity I didn't necessarily expect going in.