How To Be Happy: Turning Tiny Steps into Giant Strides

How is it that some people seem happier than others?

What are their secrets for success?
This motivational self help book draws on neuroscience to explain how the brain works to help us be happier, and provides a wealth of practical tools, techniques and tips for how to be happy. It includes sections on 7 key components of happiness including

• The Action for Happiness movement
• Mindfulness
• Goal setting
• Compassion and gratitude
• The power of random acts of kindness
• Self awareness
• The role that our self talk plays in driving our happiness
• The role that our beliefs and attitudes play in driving our happiness
• How to have happy relationships • Understanding personality (drawing on the Insights Discovery model)
• The importance of sleep
• The brain’s ability to create habits which lead to happiness (or unhappiness!)

The book concludes by suggesting we all need to create happiness not just for ourselves but also for other people as well as the wider world. It asks how we can genuinely seek our own happiness, if this comes at the expense of others and the wider world. In this context, the book explores how we can all use our power as consumers to create a better and happier world.

Throughout, the book encourages the readers to consider and when they are ready, to take action to boost their happiness, one small step at a time.