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The Pursuit of Perfect How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Start Living a Richer, Happier Life

Paperback • 2009 • English

The Pursuit of Perfect How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Start Living a Richer, Happier Life

By Tal Ben-Shahar

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About the book

DO YOU WANT YOUR LIFE TO BE PERFECT? We're all laboring under our own and society's expectations to be perfect in every way-to look younger, to make more money, to be happy all the time. But according to Tal Ben-Shahar, the New York Times bestselling author of Happier, the pursuit of perfect may actually be the number-one internal obstacle to finding happiness. OR DO YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY? Applying cutting-edge research in the field of positive psychology-the scientific principles taught in his w...Show more

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ISBN

9780071629034

Publisher

McGraw-Hill

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

The Pursuit of Perfect How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Start Living a Richer, Happier Life

Format

Paperback

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