Stumbling on Happiness Audiobook

" Great read if you are a planner like me, and you wonder how come when things go your way, sometimes you end up in a place that is much less enjoyable than what you pictured in your head. "

" I recommend this to clients on a regular basis. Research, without the slog. "

" I have to admit I only made to page 200 and something. It starts out good. Dr Gilbert is very witty and I had to chuckle at almost every page. This book shows using the results of psychological experiments that our memory of the past and our predictions for the future are flawed by rationalization and other tricks our mind plays on us. Gilbert applies this to happiness but that is about as deep as it gets. He seems to disregard the notions of virtue and happiness by limiting his discussion to what he terms emotional happiness and then shows that we can not predict what will make us emotionally happy. The whole book is just experiment after experiment based on rewards such as snack food and from this he extrapolates ideas about our ultimate happiness. It became very monotonous and I could not finish it. "

" Surprising research on what really makes people happy. Interesting and actionable. Recommended. "

" Written with a lot of humor, a pleasurable read. "

" Written by a psychologist, this book examines the role of memory on our idea of happiness. While the author has some great examples of word choice, I found the book a bit tedious and considered giving up on it at one point. "

" insightful and pleasant to read - Malcolm Gladwell-ish in style (the title was a little misleading as to what the content really was about :P at least for me) "

" This book, along with Predictably Irrational and the Paradox of Choice to name a few all seem to cull the same research and put a particular spin on the results and how they reflect our daily lives. Entertaining but a bit repetitive. "

" I picked up the book on a day I was desperate to find happiness and figured I should give a self-help book a chance. Reading it, however, I found I disagreed with too much of it. "

" This was a very interesting book. Although it read a lot like a psychology text book it gave me a whole new perspective on how I veiw my life and my future happiness. "

" a very interesting book that teaches the reader about the way our minds work and why we can almost never predict (at least logically) what will, in the end, make us happy. fascinating. "

" Pretty good, very interesting! A lot of stuff he said kind of seemed like common sense, but something I probably wouldn't have thought of without it being pointed out to me. I just wish he had given more solutions instead of observations. "

" This book was just ok. I wasn't really blown away by many of the insights. There were a few things that have stuck with me about how we perceive the future and our future selves but all in all I think it was a little repetitive. "

" interesting if youre into psychology and why people do what they do "

" I looked for a book to explain why people are so poorly able to predict what will bring them happiness, and found this perfect book to answer my question. And answers to a few more, too! "

" A fun read which I picked up from the library after seeing Gilbert's TED Talk. "

" I really enjoyed this book's researched perspective on how our brain interprets, stores, and recalls data; not to mention how bad we are at projecting our emotional selves backward and forward in time. Enough research to prove the point but not too much to bog it down. "

" This is actually a 4.5 -- it was fascinating! "