Paul Dolan

An accessible, original and definitive examination of the psychology behind why we become polarised - and how to better accommodate opposing points of view

Iskrennjaja, tsepljajuschaja kniga. Ne banalnyj self-help, a nastojaschij manifest dlja tekh, kto khochet sozdat luchshee obschestvo. The Sunday Times Odno iz samykh vnjatnykh izlozhenij novykh vejanij v prinjatii sebja... i ubeditelnoe razrushenie mnogikh nashikh kulturnykh predstavlenij o tom, kak sleduet zhit. The Guardian Ostryj i nepochtitelnyj vzgljad na skvernye sovety, izbitye rekomendatsii i nesvezhie ingredienty universalnykh retseptov schastlivoj zhizni. Deniel Gilbertprofessor Garvardskogo universiteta i avtor bestsellera "Spotykajas o schaste" O chem Poluchit dostojnoe vospitanie, vysshee obrazovanie, khoroshuju rabotu, vstupit v brak s tem, kto ni v koem sluchae ne khuzhe vas, imet bolshuju zarplatu, mashinu, sobstvennuju kvartiru ili dom, obschatsja s nuzhnymi ljudmi, dat svoim detjam vsjo samoe luchshee, stat uvazhaemym chelovekom... Pochemu mnogie mechtajut ob etom i izo vsekh sil pytajutsja voplotit mechty? Potomu, chto v nashem obschestve suschestvuet rjad ustojavshikhsja predstavlenij ob idealnoj zhizni, k kotoroj vse objazany stremitsja. No v nej li nastojaschee schaste? Professor Pol Dolan utverzhdaet, chto my ne dostigaem uspekha i dushevnogo ravnovesija potomu, chto sleduem ustarevshim sotsialnym shablonam, navjazyvaemym nam v techenie vsej zhizni blizkimi, kollegami i SMI. Po bolshej chasti my stremimsja k tem zhe tseljam, chto i nashi roditeli, khotja mir so vremen ikh molodosti silno izmenilsja. Avtor knigi predlagaet otvetit na prostye voprosy, pokazyvajuschie, naskolko vy privjazany k chuzhim ustanovkam i naskolko gotovy byt schastlivymi. Vas zhdut vernye, poroj obeskurazhivajuschie vyvody, razrushajuschie mify ob idealnoj zhizni. V svoikh rassuzhdenijakh Pol Dolan opiraetsja na rezultaty aktualnykh issledovanij i jarkie primery iz zhizni i sobstvennoj praktiki. Tsitata Suschestvuet beschislennoe kolichestvo rekomendatsij, kak nam sleduet zhit. Ot nas khotjat tseleustremlennosti, ozhidajut, chto my najdem vechnuju ljubov, nadejutsja, chto my stanem zabotitsja o svoem zdorove. Samye rasprostranennye sotsialnye istorii... dejstvitelno mogut sdelat nashu zhizn legche, poskolku oni podskazyvajut, kak sebja vesti v toj ili inoj situatsii. Vozmozhno, oni dazhe sposobny sdelat nas schastlivee. No nado pomnit, chto eto lish obscheprinjatye mnenija, prichem neredko ustarevshie, voznikshie zadolgo do segodnjashnego dnja. Mnogie iz nikh v konechnom itoge prinosjat bolshe vreda, chem polzy. Zachastuju sotsialnye istorii prevraschajutsja v "narrativnye lovushki", sozdajuschie mif ob idealnoj zhizni. Zachem chitat Uznajte o mnogoobrazii "narrativnykh lovushek", sozdajuschikh mify o schastlivoj zhizni. Opredelite, naskolko vy zavisimy ot chuzhikh ozhidanij Razberite primery iz knigi, chtoby luchshe ponjat vashu situatsiju, i nachnite orientirovatsja tolko na to, chto delaet vas schastlivym. Dlja kogo Dlja shirokogo kruga chitatelej.

'Smart, engaging and funny. It will make you question everything you think you know about what you want' Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible WomenBe ambitious; find everlasting love; look after your health ... There are countless stories about how we ought to live our lives. These narratives can make our lives easier, and they might sometimes make us happier too. But they can also trap us and those around us.In Happy Ever After, bestselling happiness expert Professor Paul Dolan draws on a variety of studies ranging over wellbeing, inequality and discrimination to bust the common myths about our sources of happiness. He shows that there can be many unexpected paths to lasting fulfilment. Some of these might involve not going into higher education, choosing not to marry, rewarding acts rooted in self-interest and caring a little less about living forever.By freeing ourselves from the myth of the perfect life, we might each find a life worth living.

"Bold and original." --Daniel Kahneman, PhD, bestselling author of Thinking Fast and Slow There are a slew of books on the market dictating programs for achieving happiness, but Happiness by Design is the first to explain that happiness ultimately depends upon our experience of pleasure and purpose over time--and everyone has their own optimal balance. Combining the latest insights from economics and psychology, renowned behavior expert Paul Dolan, PhD, shows readers how to integrate his ground-breaking paradigm into a practical plan for deciding, designing, and doing the things that bring them true happiness.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERHow can we make it easier to be happy? Using the latest cutting-edge research, Professor Paul Dolan reveals that wellbeing isn't about how we think - it's about what we do. By making deliberate choices that bring us both pleasure and meaning, we can redesign our lives for maximum happiness - without thinking too hard about it.'Outstanding, cutting-edge, and profound. If you're going to read one book on happiness, this is the one' Nassim Nicholas Taleb'Bold and original ... what I wish for my grandchildren: a life that is rich in activities both pleasurable and meaningful' Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking Fast and Slow

"True to Our Roots" tells how Dolan, CEO of Fetzer Vineyards, has led his company to sustained growth and excellence through groundbreaking concepts of management, coupled with a keen sense of environmental stewardship.

This is a new health economics textbook with a difference. It is based firmly in the discipline of economics and, as such, it fills a gap in the health economics market. But, unlike other texts in the area, it is very explicit about the distributive implications of economic models and it provides clear rationale for public involvement in the market for health care. It separates the efficiency reasons for public involvement (based on notions of 'market failure') from the equity reasons (based on the views of society that health care should be distributed according to the notion of health needs rather than according to ability to pay). The book illustrates the distributional aspects of money flows in the financing and provision of health care, and discusses who are the gainers and who are the losers under different financing arrangements. A central part of the book contains a discussion of those techniques that are increasingly being used to aid decisions about how to distribute health care. Beyond the parameters included in economic evaluation techniques such as cost- benefit analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis, the book discusses some key ethical issues that are relevant for decision-makers when setting health care priorities.