Introduction: Stuttering into happiness
Part : DEVELOPING HAPPINESS. What is happiness? ; Happiness as evaluation ; Happiness as feelings ; The pleasure-purpose principle ; The PPP for life
What do we know about happiness? Experience sampling ; German days ; American episodes ; Other evidence on happiness ; The measure matters
What causes happiness? From widgets to happiness ; Above and below the surface ; Behavioral spillovers ; The shifting sands of attention ; Attending to happiness
Why aren't we happier? Mistaken desires ; Mistaken projections ; Mistaken beliefs ; Reallocating attention
Part 2: DELIVERING HAPPINESS. Deciding happiness. Pay attention to your own feedback ; Pay attention to the feedback of others ; Don't try too hard ; Happier by deciding
Designing happiness. Priming ; Defaults ; Commitments ; Social norms ; Designing habits ; Happier by designing
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
Decide, design, and do. Dither less ; Distribute more ; Efficient production.
