The art of the good life: 52 surprising shortcuts to happiness, wealth, and success

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Mental accounting -- The fine are of correction -- The pledge -- Black box thinking -- Counterproductivity -- The negative art of the good life -- The ovarian lottery -- The introspection illusion -- The authenticity trap -- The five-second no -- The focusing illusion -- The things you buy leave no real trace -- Fuck-you money -- The circle of competence -- The secret of persistence -- The tyranny of a calling -- The prison of a good reputation -- The "end of history" illusion -- The smaller meaning of life -- Your two selves -- The memory bank -- Life stories are lies -- The "good death" fallacy -- The spiral of self-pity -- Hedonism and Eudemonia -- The circle of dignity -- Part I -- The circle of dignity -- Part II -- The circle of dignity -- Part III -- The book of worries -- The opinion volcano -- Your mental fortress -- Envy -- Prevention -- Mental relief work -- The focus trap -- Read less, but twice -- on principle -- The dogma trap -- Mental subtraction -- The point of maximum deliberation -- Other people's shoes -- The illusion of the changing world -- Part I -- The illusion of the changing world -- Part II -- The "Just World" fallacy -- Cargo cults -- If you run your own race, you can't lose -- The arms race -- Making friends with weirdos -- The secretary problem -- Managing expectations -- Sturgeon's law -- In praise of modesty -- Inner success.;Presents fifty-two "happiness hacks" that are intended to optimize well-being, from being aware of limits to knowing outsiders, but not being one. Mental accounting -- The fine are of correction -- The pledge -- Black box thinking -- Counterproductivity -- The negative art of the good life -- The ovarian lottery -- The introspection illusion -- The authenticity trap -- The five-second no -- The focusing illusion -- The things you buy leave no real trace -- Fuck-you money -- The circle of competence -- The secret of persistence -- The tyranny of a calling -- The prison of a good reputation -- The "end of history" illusion -- The smaller meaning of life -- Your two selves -- The memory bank -- Life stories are lies -- The "good death" fallacy -- The spiral of self-pity -- Hedonism and Eudemonia -- The circle of dignity -- Part I -- The circle of dignity -- Part II -- The circle of dignity -- Part III -- The book of worries -- The opinion volcano -- Your mental fortress -- Envy -- Prevention -- Mental relief work -- The focus trap -- Read less, but twice -- on principle -- The dogma trap -- Mental subtraction -- The point of maximum deliberation -- Other people's shoes -- The illusion of the changing world -- Part I -- The illusion of the changing world -- Part II -- The "Just World" fallacy -- Cargo cults -- If you run your own race, you can't lose -- The arms race -- Making friends with weirdos -- The secretary problem -- Managing expectations -- Sturgeon's law -- In praise of modesty -- Inner success.