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Think with Sonja Lyubomirsky's tools

12 Stations through Lyubomirsky's two books, from the practices that raise happiness to the myths that quietly sink it, ending in a one-page plan of your own for the next turning point.

We connect two books: the practices of The How of Happiness, gratitude, kindness, savouring and the fit between person and practice, then the myths that The Myths of Happiness examines, about partners, work, money and bad news, and how to slow adaptation. The order is a teaching order designed by BookYol, not the author's own.

Choosing happiness practices that fitKeeping gratitude, kindness and savouring freshSpotting an 'I'll be happy when…' mythSlowing adaptation with variety, surprise and appreciationTreating a crisis point as a turning point
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The road, station by station

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  1. 01The Part You Can Change

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    from The How of Happiness

    Today’s Station — start →

  2. 02Counting What Went Right

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    from The How of Happiness

  3. 03Do Something for Someone

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    from The How of Happiness

  4. 04Savor It

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    from The How of Happiness

  5. 05The Practice That Fits

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    from The How of Happiness

  6. 06The 'I'll be happy when…' myth

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    from The Myths of Happiness

  7. Milestone

    Practices that do not wait

    The circumstance you were waiting on is written next to a practice that does not wait; gratitude, a kindness day and one savoured moment have been tried, the practice that fits you is chosen, and one 'I'll be happy when…' sentence is honestly rewritten.

  8. 07Variety, surprise, appreciation

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    from The Myths of Happiness

  9. 08When the spark settles

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    from The Myths of Happiness

  10. 09The job that went flat

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    from The Myths of Happiness

  11. 10What money buys, and what it does not

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    from The Myths of Happiness

  12. 11When the bad news comes

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    from The Myths of Happiness

  13. 12Your next turning point

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    from The Myths of Happiness

  14. Milestone

    Destination: one page for your next turning point

    One page is written: a myth rewritten honestly in each direction, a practice that fits you with a time and a person, a guard against adaptation, and a plan for bad news that says when you would ask for help.

The BookYol LetterTwo letters a week

For the road

The road is daily. The letter is weekly.

While you walk Think with Sonja Lyubomirsky's tools, two letters a week widen the view: a big idea on Tuesday and a small experiment on Friday, drawn from the same shelf of books.

Tuesday

The Big Idea

One idea that challenges an assumption, explained properly, with its source.

Friday

The Small Experiment

One small thing to try before Monday, so the idea becomes something you do.

Inside every letter

  1. 01The idea
  2. 02Why it works
  3. 03Where it comes from
  4. 04One thing to try

No spam, no selling your address. Just the letters.

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