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Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life Audiobook, by Alison Fragale Play Audiobook Sample

Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life Audiobook

Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life Audiobook, by Alison Fragale Play Audiobook Sample
Release Date: February 4, 2025
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Read By: Brian Nishii Publisher: Random House Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 4.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.63 hours at 2.0x Speed
Release Date: February 4, 2025
Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9798217013326

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

19

Longest Chapter Length:

51:47 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

09 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

23:13 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

2

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Publisher Description

A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB MUST-READ BOOK • From one of our foremost psychologists, a trailblazing book that turns the idea of a good life on its head and urges us to embrace the transformative power of variety and experience

For many people, a good life is a stable life, a comfortable life that follows a well-trodden path. This is the case for Shigehiro Oishi's father, who has lived in a small mountain town in Japan for his entire life, putting his family's needs above his own, like his father and grandfather before him. But is a happy life, or even a meaningful life, the only path to a good life?

In Life in Three Dimensions, Shige Oishi enters into a debate that has animated psychology since 1984, when Ed Diener (Oishi's mentor) published a paper that launched happiness studies. A rival followed in 1989 with a model of a good life that focused on purpose and meaning instead. In recent years, Shige Oishi's award-winning work has proposed a third dimension to a good life: psychological richness, a concept that prioritizes curiosity, exploration, and a variety of experiences that help us grow as people.

Life in Three Dimensions explores the shortcomings of happiness and meaning as guides to a good life, pointing to complacency and regret as a "happiness trap" and narrowness and misplaced loyalty as a “meaning trap.” Psychological richness, Oishi proposes, balances the other two, offering insight and growth spurred by embracing uncertainty and challenges.

In a lively style, drawing on a generation of psychological studies and on examples from famous people, books and film, Oishi introduces a new path to a fuller, more satisfying life with fewer regrets.

*Includes a downloadable PDF containing the Psychologically Rich Life Questionnaire and charts from in the book

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"Shige Oishi’s idea of the psychologically rich life is my favorite new idea—and the most major advance to emerge in happiness science in decades. With a blend of engaging stories, modern scientific research, and practical applications, his Life in Three Dimensions demonstrates how we can cultivate a life that is not only happy and meaningful but also rich in varied and profound experiences. Although it may sound like a cliché, I truly believe that this book will inspire you to understand—and then live—your best, fullest, and most authentic life. Run, don’t walk, to buy this book."

— Sonja Lyubomirsky, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside and author of The How of Happiness

Quotes

  • No one knows more about the science of well-being than Shigehiro Oishi. In this wonderful new book he shares a lifetime of discovery about what it means to live a good life. Life in Three Dimensions is insightful, original, and wise.

    — Daniel Gilbert, Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology, Harvard University and author of the New York Times bestselling Stumbling on Happiness
  • With a new book on happiness and meaning hitting the market seemingly every other week, it’s hard to stand out in this crowded field. Yet, that’s precisely what Shigehiro Oishi, one of psychology’s brightest stars, has managed to do in his compellingly written, refreshingly original and provocative new book. Life in Three Dimensions will change the way you think about what it means to lead a good life.

    — Ethan Kross, international bestselling author of Chatter
  • Shigehiro Oishi’s idea of the psychologically rich life is my favorite new idea—and the major advance to emerge in happiness science in decades. I truly believe that this book will inspire you to understand—and then live—your best, fullest, and most authentic life. Run, don’t walk, to buy this book.

    — Sonja Lyubomirsky, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside and author of The How of Happiness
  • The Rich Life, Shigehiro Oishi persuasively argues, is a Good Life, a third major choice over the Happy Life and the Meaningful Life. And Oishi tells us how to get there. An eye-opening book for all who are stuck.

    — Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman, Director of the Penn Positive Psychology Center and author of the classic Learned Optimism
  • Many people want more out of life than happiness. They want to embrace life in all its variety and possibility. They want their lives to be great stories, or great journeys, with twists and turns, ups and downs, and many kinds of beauty along the way. Until now, psychology has had little to offer such people, who had to turn to romantic writers from across the centuries to find guidance and kindred spirits. Not any more. Life in Three Dimensions will give you new insights into the many ways to live well, including advice on how to pick the one most likely to be right for you.

    — Jonathan Haidt, Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership, NYU—Stern School of Business and author of New York Times bestselling The Anxious Generation and The Righteous Mind
  • With a new book on happiness and meaning hitting the market seemingly every other week, it’s hard to stand out in this crowded field. Yet, that’s precisely what Shigehiro Oishi, one of psychology’s brightest stars, has managed to do in his compellingly written, refreshingly original and provocative new book. Life in Three Dimensions will change the way you think about what it means to lead a good life.

    — Ethan Kross, international bestselling author of Chatter
  • Life in Three Dimensions is a delightful guide to the importance of filling your days with more curiosity, exploration and richness. This book is required reading for anyone searching for insight into how to live a better life.

    — Laurie Santos, Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon Professor of Psychology at Yale University and host of The Happiness Lab podcast
  • It turns out that there’s more to life than happiness and meaning. In his pioneering research, Shigehiro Oishi discovered a neglected third dimension of the good life: having new and interesting experiences. In this lively, insightful book, he reveals what it takes to get rich psychologically.

    — Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and Hidden Potential, and host of the podcast Re:Thinking
  • A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Book

  • Shigehiro Oishi’s idea of the psychologically rich life is my favorite new idea—and the major advance to emerge in happiness science in decades. I truly believe that this book will inspire you to understand—and then live—your best, fullest, and most authentic life. Run, don’t walk, to buy this book.

    — Sonja Lyubomirsky, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside and author of The How of Happiness
  • This spectacular book is a page-turner: you will be entranced by the charming narrative and poignant anecdotes. But more importantly, the wisdom it conveys about a psychologically rich life, based on the latest scientific research, will change how you live.

    — Timothy D. Wilson, Sherrell J. Aston Professor of Psychology Emeritus, University of Virginia and author of Redirect: Changing the Stories We Live By
  • The Rich Life, Shige Oishi persuasively argues, is a Good Life, a third major choice over the Happy Life and the Meaningful Life. And Oishi tells us how to get there. An eye-opening book for all who are stuck.

    — Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman, Director of the Penn Positive Psychology Center and author of Learned Optimism
  • The Rich Life, Shige Oishi persuasively argues, is a Good Life, a third major choice over the Happy Life and the Meaningful Life. And Oishi tells us how to get there. An eye-opening book for all who are stuck.

    — Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman, Director of the Penn Positive Psychology Center and author of Learned Optimism
  • No one knows more about the science of well-being than Shige Oishi. In this wonderful new book he shares a lifetime of discovery about what it means to live a good life. Life in Three Dimensions is insightful, original, and wise.

    — Daniel Gilbert, Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology, Harvard University and author of the New York Times bestselling Stumbling on Happiness
  • Shige Oishi’s idea of the psychologically rich life is my favorite new idea—and the major advance to emerge in happiness science in decades. I truly believe that this book will inspire you to understand—and then live—your best, fullest, and most authentic life. Run, don’t walk, to buy this book.

    — Sonja Lyubomirsky, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside and author of The How of Happiness
  • The Rich Life, Shige Oishi persuasively argues, is a Good Life, a third major choice over the Happy Life and the Meaningful Life. And Oishi tells us how to get there. An eye-opening book for all who are stuck.

    — Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman, Director of the Penn Positive Psychology Center and author of the classic Learned Optimism
  • This spectacular book is a page-turner: you will be entranced by the charming narrative and poignant anecdotes. But more importantly, the wisdom it conveys about a psychologically rich life, based on the latest scientific research, will change how you live.

    — Timothy D. Wilson, Sherrell J. Aston Professor of Psychology Emeritus, University of Virginia and author of Redirect: Changing the Stories We Live By

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