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

About this book

DO YOU WANT YOUR LIFE TO BE PERFECT? Were all laboring under our own and societys 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 wildly popular course at Harvard University-Ben-Shahar takes us off the impossible pursuit of perfection and directs us to the way to happiness richness and true fulfillment. He shows us the freedom derived from not trying to do it all right all the time and the real lessons that failure and painful emotions can teach us. YOU DONT HAVE TO BE PERFECT TO BE PERFECTLY HAPPY! In The Pursuit of Perfect Tal Ben-Shahar offers an optimal way of thinking about failure and success--and the very way we live. He provides exercises for self reflection meditations and Time-Ins to help you rediscover what you really want out of life. Praise for Tal Ben-Shahars Happier: This fine book shimmers with a rare brand of good sense that is embedded in scientific knowledge about how to increase happiness. It is easy to see how this is the backbone of the most popular course at Harvard today. -Martin E. P. Seligman author of Authentic Happiness