The Happiness Trail: A Road Map to Success

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We live in a fast-paced and highly competitive world. The last few years have seen changes not witnessed in centuries. Have all these developments increased our sense of well-being? Data seems to suggest otherwise! The Happiness Trail shows us an attainable, contextual way to achieve two seemingly complementary goals, happiness and success, that we many a time discover to be contradictory. In this book Ramesh Venkateswaran lays down five easy-to-follow approaches to a happy and successful life, which he calls the five I's: Integrity, Interact, Involve, Imbibe and Impact. Armed with this road map, the ever-elusive happiness seems within reach and success a natural consequence. Foreword by Nandan Nilekani Preface 1 Introduction: Why This Book? Part 1 2 Happiness and Success: Not Two Sides of The Same Coin11 3 The World Today: The Pressure to Perform 4 The World Today: Winning at All Costs Part 2 5 The 5 I’s: A Personal GPS to Happiness 6 Integrity: The Moral Compass 7 Interact: People Matter 8 Involve: From the Heart 9 Imbibe: Absorb, Assimilate, Learn 10 Impact: Make a Difference Part 3 11 The Challenge: Translating Intent to Action 12 The Litmus Test: Validating the 5 I’s GPS 13 Calibration and a Personal Road Map 14 A Wrap-Up References Index Acknowledgements About the Book About the Author Copyright