The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything=Have Everything
Neil Pasricha

The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything=Have Everything

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Neil Pasricha

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The #1 international bestseller from the author of You Are Awesome and The Book of Awesome that “reveals how all of us can live happier lives” (Gretchen Rubin).
What is the formula for a happy life? Neil Pasricha is a Harvard MBA, a New York Times –bestselling author, a Walmart executive, a father, a husband. After selling more than a million copies of the Book of Awesome series, wherein he observed the everyday things he thought were awesome, he now shifts his focus to the practicalities of living an awesome life.
In his new book The Happiness Equation, Pasricha illustrates how to want nothing and do anything in order to have everything. If that sounds like a contradiction in terms, you simply have yet to unlock the 9 Secrets to Happiness. Each secret takes a piece out of the core of common sense, turns it on its head to present it in a completely new light, and then provides practical and specific guidelines for how to apply this new outlook to lead a fulfilling life.
Once you've unlocked Pasricha’s 9 Secrets, you will understand counter intuitive concepts such as: Success Does Not Lead to Happiness, Never Take Advice, and Retirement Is a Broken Theory. You will learn and then master three brand-new fundamental life tests: the Saturday Morning Test, The Bench Test, and the Five People Test. You will know the difference between external goals and internal goals and how to make more money than a Harvard MBA (hint: it has nothing to do with your annual salary). You will discover that true wealth has nothing to do with money, multitasking is a myth, and the elimination of options leads to more choice.
The Happiness Equation is a book that will change how you think about pretty much everything—your time, your career, your relationships, your family, and, ultimately, of course, your happiness. Read more

Editor's Take

Reviews across book blogs and reader communities are generally positive, with several readers describing The Happiness Equation as practical, accessible, and easy to skim. Amazon-style reader sentiment appears to align with this, emphasizing that the advice is solid and the book is a quick, light read. Goodreads reviewers also show broad interest, with many ratings and comments indicating that the book is inspiring and straightforward. A few independent blog reviews are more mixed, noting that some sections feel like common-sense advice rather than deeply original insights.

  • On Reddit, no specific discussion surfaced in the available results.
  • On Goodreads and StoryGraph, readers often call it concise, uplifting, and easy to read.
  • On book blogs, reviewers frequently praise the book’s practical tone and simple structure.

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Topic Happiness

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Publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons
Publication date December 27, 2016
Edition Reprint
Language English
Print length 304 pages
ISBN-10 0425277984
ISBN-13 978-0425277980
Item Weight 8.3 ounces
Dimensions 5.45 x 0.66 x 8.21 inches
Best Sellers Rank #144,511 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #677 in Business Motivation & Self-Improvement (Books) #684 in Motivational Management & Leadership #996 in Personal Finance (Books)
Customer Reviews 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,989)

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