If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Happy?: How to turn career success into life success

The first book by the creator of COURSERA's most popular online course in 2015, "A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment" Could the same traits that drive your career success also be keeping you from being happier? Fifteen years after getting his MBA, Raj Raghunathan spent some time with his old classmates. He noticed that though theyd all done well, there didnt appear to be much correlation between their academic success and career success. What Raj found even more curious was the even smaller correlation between career success and what he calls life success. The greater the career success, the more unhappy, out of shape, harried and distracted his friends were. If intelligence helps with decision-making, smart people should naturally make better life choices. So why are so many of the smartest, brightest, most successful people profoundly unhappy? Raj set out to find an answer to this problem, and extensively researched happiness not just of students and business people, but also stay-at-home-parents, lawyers, and artists, among others. If Youre So Smart, Why Arent You Happy? takes readers on a fun and meaningful tour of the best research available on how some of the very determinants of success may also come to deflate happiness. Raghunathan explores the seven most common inclinations that successful people need to overcome, and the seven habits they should adopt instead. Among his surprising findings... The correlation between wealth and happiness is much smaller than you'd expect it to be Generosity is not only a key to happiness, but a determining factor of long term success Appreciating uncertainty, rather than seeking full control of outcomes, is necessary for happiness If Youre So Smart, Why Arent You Happy? will give you a powerful new perspective on your work, personal goals and relationships, whether youre already successful or just starting out. What led me to teach happiness, and how this book is structured The first deadly happiness "sin": devaluing happiness The second deadly happiness "sin": chasing superiority The second habit of the highly happy: pursing flow The third deadly happiness "sin": desperation for love The third habit of the highly happy: the need to love (and give) The fourth deadly happiness "sin": being overly controlling The fourth habit of the highly happy: gaining internal control The fifth deadly happiness "sin": distrusting others The fifth habit of the highly happy: exercising "smart trust" The sixth deadly happiness "sin": passionate/indifferent pursuit of passion The seventh deadly happiness "sin": mind addiction The seventh habit of the highly happy: mindfulness The road ahead. "Fifteen years after getting his MBA, Raj Raghunathan spent some time with his old classmates. He noticed that though they'd all done well, there didn't appear to be much correlation between their academic success and career success. What Raghunathan found even more curious was the even smaller correlation between career success and what he calls life success. The greater the career success, the more unhappy, out of shape, harried, and distracted his friends were."--Book jacket.