Happiness by design : change what you do, not how you think / Paul Dolan, PhD ; foreword by Daniel Kahneman, PhD.

New York, New York : Hudson Street Press, [2014]

xx, 235 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.