The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard professor, and the Atlantic's happiness columnist Arthur Brooks.Many of us assume that the more successful we are, the less susceptible we become to the sense of professional and social irrelevance that often accompanies aging. But the truth is, the greater our achievements and our attachment to them, the more we notice our decline, and the more painful it is ...

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'In this book, Arthur C. Brooks helps people find greater happiness as they age and change' - The Dalai Lama'This book is amazing' - Chris EvansFrom the bestselling author and columnist behind The Atlantic's popular 'How to Build a Life' series, a guide to transforming the life changes we fear into a source of strength.In the first half of life, ambit...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERHarvard professor and bestselling author Arthur C. Brooks offers science-based insights on work and life in this curated collection from his "How to Build a Life" column in The Atlantic.Imagine if your life were a startup. How would you lead it and shape it to be most successful?That's the question behind The Happiness Files, a rich selection of enlightening and instructive essay...

達賴喇嘛、歐普拉推薦**《紐約時報》**暢銷榜Top1最有意義的人生經驗，往往很痛苦；你以為的絕境，其實藏著豐收的祕密。發掘生命價值的啟蒙書，助你在惶惶不安的職涯中，跨越難關。當改變發生，你有沒有勇氣展開另一種人生﹖過去，我們總以為只要認真努力，擁抱簡單的成功公式：心無旁騖，犧牲個人生活，一心一意往上爬，辛苦總會有代價。如今，我們領悟到人生不是一路往上衝，高峰過後可能就是谷底；不管是誰，現在多閃耀、多風光，有一天都會走下坡。當人生從走得光彩奪目變成走鋼索，該如何活出新意義？許多拚命三郎，發現愈來愈力不從心，家庭關係也開始變得緊張。面對人生的四分五裂，他們以一貫方式回應，否認愈來愈明顯的變化，加倍努力，試圖彌補衰退與...

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER‘As I follow the principles that Arthur Brooks presents, I am becoming happier. I’m actually having fun, too – a word that previously didn’t exist in my vocabulary.’ **– OPRAH WINFREYFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of From Strength to Strength, the definitive account of how the modern world makes meaning so hard to find—and a plan to discover your life’s deepest purpose.**If you...

**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the bestselling author of From Strength to Strength, the definitive account of how the modern world makes meaning so hard to find—and a plan to discover your life’s deepest purpose.**If you struggle to discern life’s meaning, you’re not alone. Millions today describe a growing sense of emptiness, a lack of purpose and significance. And there’s a reason: Rapid cultural, economic, and technological changes have rewired our ...

En la primera mitad de la vida, los luchadores ambiciosos adoptan una fórmula simple para el éxito en el trabajo y en la vida: concentrarse con determinación, trabajar incansablemente, sacrificarse personalmente y ascender sin descanso. Funciona, hasta que deja de hacerlo. Resulta que la segunda mitad de la vida se rige por reglas diferentes. En la mediana edad, muchos luchadores comienzan a encontrar que el éxito es cada vez más difícil, las recompensas menos satisfactorias y las relacion...

**INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard professor, and the Atlantic's happiness columnist Arthur Brooks.**Many of us assume that the more successful we are, the less susceptible we become to the sense of professional and social irrelevance that often accompanies aging. But the truth is, the greater our achievements and our attachment to them, the more we notice ...

¿Qué hacer ante un escenario en el que los políticos parecen decididos a dividirnos y nos vemos abocados a una crispación permanente debido al bombardeo de mensaje al que nos someten las redes sociales y los medios de comunicación? ¿Realmente estamos condenados a vivir en esta "cultura del desprecio" a la que nos hemos ido acostumbrando, a un modus operandi en el que no estar de acuerdo se asocia no sólo a discrepar, sino a la descalificación y el insulto?Arthur C. Brooks

NATIONAL BESTSELLERTo get ahead today, you have to be a jerk, right?Divisive politicians. Screaming heads on television. Angry campus activists. Twitter trolls. Today in America, there is an “outrage industrial complex” that prospers by setting American against American, creating a toxic “culture of contempt” that deepens our political polarization—the habit of seeing people who disagree with us not as merely incorrect, but as worthless and...

**Brought to you by Penguin.From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of From Strength to Strength, the definitive account of how the modern world makes meaning so hard to find—and a plan to discover your life’s deepest purpose.**If you struggle to discern life’s meaning, you’re not alone. Millions today describe a growing sense of emptiness, a lack of purpose and significance. And there’s a reason: Rapid cultural, economic and technological changes have rewire...

To get ahead today, you have to be a jerk, right?Divisive politicians. Screaming heads on television. Angry campus activists. Twitter trolls. Today in America, there is an “outrage industrial complex” that prospers by setting American against American.Meanwhile, one in six Americans have stopped talking to close friends and family members over politics. Millions are organizing their social lives and curating their news and information to avoid hearing viewp...