And self-help books can be a great starting point to reach these goals. So, we've compiled our top self-help nonfiction books ...

A self-help book with a wise voice can provide exercises, excellent advice, and companionship whenever you pick it up. In short, these books, websites, or podcasts actually can help. Start by ...

1. The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World, by the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams. How do we experience joy in the face of personal and collective suffering? The Dalai ...

De Ritter starts with the common conception of self-control as a conflict between short-term and long-term happiness. That is, we forsake pleasure in the moment to achieve a goal later on.

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HAPPY PEOPLE ARE ANNOYING (HarperOne, 256 pp., $26.99) is not, as I thought when I picked it up, a traditional self-help book on how to tame the pathologically cheerful among us.It is, rather, an ...

Self-help books teach you that happiness is simply one of the many emotions that we feel, and we’re meant to feel all emotions, not just happiness. Sometimes we need to feel sad.

Celebrating Life is one of several books he wrote on topics of self-discovery and society. In it, he details his journey to finding happiness after the death of his father.

Someone who suffers from this syndrome might be a workaholic whose self-worth is built on their job—in which case, talking about work is really a way of talking about themselves.