Can only a good person be truly happy? Or do we only wish this were the case? Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert, author of the delightful Stumbling on Happiness, thinks we only wish this were true.
You are far more resilient than you think. In his book Stumbling on Happiness Daniel Gilbert argues persuasively that most of us consistently overestimate the negative impact of adverse events (like ...
For all I enjoyed reading Daniel Gilbert’s Stumbling on Happiness, it did remind me of one thing: How much I hate psychologists and their experiments. In college, I volunteered for several “human ...
Daniel Gilbert’s engaging and surprising new book, Stumbling on Happiness, won’t teach you how to become happy, but it will convince you of how difficult that goal is to achieve. Gilbert, a social ...
Why would an illustrious professor of psychology at Harvard decide to study a Hallmark subject like happiness? Thats a no-brainer for Dr. Daniel Gilbert, the author of Stumbling on Happiness (Knopf), ...
Psychology professor Daniel Gilbert has spent a lot of time thinking about what makes people happy. He shares one of the secrets he has uncovered. Gilbert is the author of the new book Stumbling on ...
Don't worry, be happy. Since it's what we all strive for, why do we often fail to know what will make us happy in the future. Larry talks with Harvard psychology professor Daniel Gilbert, author of ...
In Stumbling on Happiness, just released in paperback, the Harvard psychologist explores why we human beings are poor "affective forecasters," or predictors of future emotion. Let's do a test: How do ...