Happy Human

Author : Gopi Kallayil
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781401946234

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New in paperback: One of Google's best and brightest uses stories from his high-tech work life and his personal life to explore what it means to be truly happy--and what makes us truly human. "The Happy Human is a fun, interesting, and happy way to learn Gopi's insights and experience his ups and downs. A thoroughly good read." -- Alan Eagle, Director of Executive Summits, Google; co-author of the New York Times bestseller How Google Works Happiness is a multimillion-dollar industry, catering to our deep desire to live a joyful life and to a belief that, as human beings, we deserve to be happy. Gopi Kallayil believes in reversing that equation. He holds that what we truly deserve is to be human, and that the key to happiness lies in being 100 percent who we are, reveling in our authentic selves, even if that means falling on our faces. Newly available in paperback, this book explores the qualities that make us human and have helped to make Gopi successful and happy in both his personal life and his professional career. Told with Gopi's candor and humor, his deep compassion and love of the absurd, The Happy Human takes us from his first job as a software programmer in South China to his current position as an executive at Google in Silicon Valley. Each chapter captures an event in Gopi's life where he dug deep and found the means to express himself from a place of radical confidence: Singing live at Burning Man, even though he sings off-key and was terrified. Participating in a triathlon with an open-water swim, when he had only swum in a pool. (Lifeguards rescued him.) Speaking at Toastmasters International--and being willing to be awful--before becoming one of their top speakers years later. Gopi's stories and practices help us find happiness by embracing not only our own selves but the entire human experience, inspiring us to expect miracles daily, to use every fall as a chance to bounce, to go for what we want on every front, to live our lives full-out.

Author : Gopi Kallayil
Publisher : Hay House
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781401946227

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Gopi Kallayil, author of The Internet to the Inner-net and one of Google's best and brightest, uses stories from his high-tech work life and his personal life to explore what it means to be truly happy--and what makes us truly human. Happiness is a multimillion-dollar industry, catering to our deep desire to live a joyful life and to a belief that, as human beings, we deserve to be happy. Gopi Kallayil believes in reversing that equation. He holds that what we truly deserve is to be human, and that the key to happiness lies in being 100 percent who we are, reveling in our authentic selves, even if--maybe especially if--that means falling on our faces. Which Gopi has done. Many times. But he's also had spectacular success. This book explores the qualities that make us human and have helped to make Gopi successful and happy in both his personal life and his professional career. Told with Gopi's candor and humor, his deep compassion and his love of the absurd, The Happy Human spans the period from his first job as a software programmer in South China to his current position as an executive at Google in Silicon Valley. Each chapter captures an event in Gopi's life where he dug deep and found the means to express himself from a place of radical confidence: Singing live at Burning Man, even though he sings off-key and was terrified. Participating in a triathlon, with an open-water swim, when he had only swum in a pool. (Lifeguards pulled him into their boat to save him.) Speaking at Toastmasters International and being willing to be awful--which he admittedly was--before finally, years later, becoming one of their top speakers. He also weaves in accounts of others who have dreamed big and acted on their dreams. Gopi's stories and practices help us find happiness by embracing not only our own selves but the entire human experience, inspiring us to expect miracles daily, to use every fall as a chance to bounce, to go for what we want on every front, to live our lives full-out.

Author : Pam Spurr
Publisher : JR Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-22
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781907532696

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How to be a Happy Human by Pam Spurr Pdf

There is always more room for happiness - whether you're already content with your life, or if you feel like there's something missing - even if you simply think 'there must be more to life than this'. And in these stressful and sometimes gloomy times in which we live it's sometimes hard to see the good things in life. Using 10 unique Happiness Principles, bestselling author, Dr Pam will take you on a must-read journey to discover how to increase your sense of well-being and contentment and build more joy into your life today. Written in a matter-of-fact way and packed with dozens of easy-to-use strategies and solutions, Solutions Coach and behaviour expert Dr Pam will help you to increase confidence and self esteem, learn to look at stress in a different way, and much more, in 10 unique chapters. As well as providing thoughtful insights she will teach you how to create Happy Habits and use her Happiness Principles - ways of living and looking at life that will make you happier in everything you do. Whether you think you're happy and looking for more in life, or you find that life is hard work and you're seeking some inspiration towards making your life happier, this book is packed full of sound advice, real-life case studies and practical exercises, all set out within 10 easy-to-follow Principles. Dr Pam Spurr is an award-winning radio presenter, Solutions Coach, agony aunt, and relationships and behaviour expert. Dr Pam's written more than 10 self-help books and appears regularly on television contributing to programmes like Big Brother's Little Brother, BBC Breakfast, Loose Women, and GMTV. She's advised millions of people through radio, TV, magazines, websites and newspapers including The Sun, The Express, The Times and The Mail. She's written four best sellers including Sensational Sex.

Author : W Beran Wolfe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781136329883

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How To Be Happy Though Human by W Beran Wolfe Pdf

This is the final Volume XXXVIII of thirty-eight in a collection on General Psychology. Originally published in 1932, the present volume was undertaken to fill the gap between scientific but technical texts on psychopathology, and existing, over-simplified, and frequently unsound primers of psychological information.

Author : W Beran Wolfe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781136329814

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How To Be Happy Though Human by W Beran Wolfe Pdf

This is the final Volume XXXVIII of thirty-eight in a collection on General Psychology. Originally published in 1932, the present volume was undertaken to fill the gap between scientific but technical texts on psychopathology, and existing, over-simplified, and frequently unsound primers of psychological information.

Author : Gretchen Rubin
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781443418195

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The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin Pdf

What if you could change your life--without changing your life? Gretchen had a good marriage, two healthy daughters, and work she loved--but one day, stuck on a city bus, she realized that time was flashing by, and she wasn’t thinking enough about the things that really mattered. “I should have a happiness project,” she decided. She spent the next year test-driving the wisdom of the ages, current scientific studies, and lessons from popular culture about how to be happier. Each month, she pursued a different set of resolutions: go to sleep earlier, quit nagging, forget about results, or take time to be silly. Bit by bit, she began to appreciate and amplify the happiness that already existed in her life. Written with humour and insight, Gretchen’s story will inspire you to start your own happiness project. Now in a beautiful, expanded edition, Gretchen offers a wealth of new material including happiness paradoxes and practical tips on many daily matters: being a more light-hearted parent, sticking to a fitness routine, getting your sweetheart to do chores without nagging, coping when you forget someone’s name and more.

Author : Pierre Van der Spuy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Cognitive psychology
ISBN : 1920268804

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Happy Human Brain by Pierre Van der Spuy Pdf

We all know people who remain happy whether they enjoy enormous success or face painful disasters. The reason: they possess, in their brains, a core of stability and optimism. A happy human brain offers a practical, comprehensive guide on what these people do on a daily basis to strengthen their brains. As the first book for the layperson that combines groundbreaking research in the major fields of science aimed at understanding the human condition, it will shatter many of your convictions on what makes us human, happy and authentically successful. Specifically, the book addresses three main questions: What steps can we take to be more happy today? Why does an obsession with material success rob us of our happiness and humanity? How do parenting in early childhood and our culture influence our happiness and humanity?

Author : Rajendra M. Chakrabarti
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781684660445

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Happiness and Well-Being by Rajendra M. Chakrabarti Pdf

The book seeks to answer the following main questions: What is meant by happiness? What are the sources of happiness? What is meant by the well-being of man? What is the end in human life? When can we say that a man is successful in life? How can he be happy and successful? It is argued that happiness is not pleasure; it does not come through high income and consumption; beyond certain levels income and consumption cause dissatisfaction, unhappiness and alienation. The book upholds the Aristotelian view that happiness means living well – living a life of excellence. It discusses how moral judgment and habituation help the development of good life. It analyses paths of spiritual liberation, the highest state of human happiness. It also argues for a liberal state where people enjoy different negative and positive freedoms making possible flourishing of human diversities

Author : Ainsworth Rand Spofford,Charles Gibbon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Literature
ISBN : NYPL:33433066586110

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The Library of Choice Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford,Charles Gibbon Pdf

Author : John Fothergill Waterhouse Ware
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Sermons, American
ISBN : HARVARD:AH4U13

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Wrestling and Waiting by John Fothergill Waterhouse Ware Pdf

Author : Simo Vehmas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Bioethics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112298489

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Deviance, Difference and Human Variety by Simo Vehmas Pdf

Author : Gopi Kallayil
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781401947729

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The Internet to the Inner-Net by Gopi Kallayil Pdf

The Internet has become humanity’s invisible central nervous system, connecting us at the speed of thought. More people today have access to mobile phones than have access to clean drinking water. Yet the most important technology is still the one within us: our brain, body, and consciousness. A fast-paced career in the high-tech industry combined with a deep yoga and meditation practice has allowed Gopi Kallayil—Google’s Chief Evangelist for Brand Marketing and one of the leading voices encouraging yoga and mindfulness in the workplace today – to integrate his inner and outer technologies to a remarkable degree. Wisdom from his yoga mat and meditation cushion guides his professional career, and his work life provides the perfect classroom to deepen his wisdom practice. The Internet to the Inner-Net guides the rest of us to do the same. In some three dozen wide-ranging, sometimes provocative essays, Gopi shares his experiments in conscious living and offers insight, inspiration, and rituals – including yoga, mindful eating, and even napping – to help us access our own inner worlds. If you’re looking for grounded practical wisdom that might simultaneously help you become more creative, adaptable, enthusiastic, effective, or resilient, you’ll find it in this user’s manual for the technology within – along with colorful insight into the successful Google culture. In five sections, from "Log In" (which offers mindful ways of connecting and engaging) to "Clear Out Your In-Box" (shedding what doesn’t serve you to make space for what does) to "Thank You for Subscribing" (a reminder to live with gratitude), Gopi lays out practices and perspectives that you can use starting right now to live with more purpose, fulfillment, and joy.

Author : G. A. Hoehn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Labor movement
ISBN : UIUC:30112057466390

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New America by G. A. Hoehn Pdf

Author : Gelong Thubten
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781250266835

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A Monk's Guide to Happiness by Gelong Thubten Pdf

A Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness for the Modern Day In our never-ending search for happiness we often find ourselves looking to external things for fulfillment, thinking that happiness can be unlocked by buying a bigger house, getting the next promotion, or building a perfect family. In this profound and inspiring book, Gelong Thubten shares a practical and sustainable approach to happiness. Thubten, a Buddhist monk and meditation expert who has worked with everyone from school kids to Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and Benedict Cumberbatch, explains how meditation and mindfulness can create a direct path to happiness. A Monk’s Guide to Happiness explores the nature of happiness and helps bust the myth that our lives and minds are too busy for meditation. The book can show you how to: - Learn practical methods to help you choose happiness - Develop greater compassion for yourself and others - Learn to meditate in micro-moments during a busy day - Discover that you are naturally ‘hard-wired’ for happiness Reading A Monk’s Guide to Happiness could revolutionize your relationship with your thoughts and emotions, and help you create a life of true happiness and contentment.

Author : Edgar Cabanas,Eva Illouz
Publisher : Polity
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1509537880

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Manufacturing Happy Citizens by Edgar Cabanas,Eva Illouz Pdf

The imperative of happiness dictates the conduct and direction of our lives. There is no escape from the tyranny of positivity. But is happiness the supreme good that all of us should pursue? So says a new breed of so-called happiness experts, with positive psychologists, happiness economists and self-development gurus at the forefront. With the support of influential institutions and multinational corporations, these self-proclaimed experts now tell us what governmental policies to apply, what educational interventions to make and what changes we must undertake in order to lead more successful, more meaningful and healthier lives. With a healthy scepticism, this book documents the powerful social impact of the science and industry of happiness, arguing that the neoliberal alliance between psychologists, economists and self-development gurus has given rise to a new and oppressive form of government and control in which happiness has been woven into the very fabric of power.