The Pursuit of Perfect: How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Start Living a Richer, Happier Life
by Ben-Shahar, TalEdition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2009-04-01
Publisher(s): McGraw Hill
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Summary
We're all laboring under society's expectation to be perfect in every way-to look younger, to make more money, to be happy all the time. But according to Tal Ben-Shahar, the New York Times bestselling author of Happier, the pursuit of "perfect" may actually be the number-one obstacle to finding happiness.
Author Biography
Tal Ben-.Shahar,.Ph.D., has received.worldwide.attention for.his now-famous Harvard course in.n++Positive Psychology,n++ the most.popular class in the universityn++s history..He consults and lectures on.subjects including happiness, self-esteem,.mindfulness, and leadership.to executives in multi-national corporations,.the general public, and.at-risk populations. He obtained his.Ph.D. in organizational behavior and.B.A. in philosophy and psychology.from Harvard University.
.Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. xv |
| The Theory | |
| Accepting Failure | p. 3 |
| Accepting Emotions | p. 37 |
| Accepting Success | p. 69 |
| Accepting Reality | p. 91 |
| Applications | |
| Optimal Education | p. 113 |
| Optimal Work | p. 133 |
| Optimal Love | p. 151 |
| Meditations | |
| First Meditation: Real Change | p. 169 |
| Second Meditation: Cognitive Therapy | p. 173 |
| Third Meditation: Imperfect Advice | p. 181 |
| Fourth Meditation: A Perfect New World | p. 187 |
| Fifth Meditation: The Role of Suffering | p. 193 |
| Sixth Meditation: The Platinum Rule | p. 199 |
| Seventh Meditation: Yes, but ... | p. 203 |
| Eighth Meditation: The Pro-Aging Industry | p. 209 |
| Ninth Meditation: The Great Deception | p. 215 |
| Tenth Meditation: Knowing and Not Knowing | p. 221 |
| Conclusion | p. 227 |
| Notes | p. 229 |
| References | p. 234 |
| Index | p. 241 |
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