Be 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...

Paul Dolan is Professor of Behavioural Science at the LSE. He is an internationally renowned expert in human behaviour and happiness. Amongst various other roles, he wrote the questions that are being used to monitor national 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...

Happiness by Design: Change What You Do, Not How You Think von Dolan, Paul

Lebenszufriedenheit fällt uns nicht einfach so zu. Glücklich werden wir nur, wenn wir handeln, sagt Paul Dolan. Denn es führt zu nichts, mit attraktiven Perspektiven zu liebäugeln. Entscheidend ist vielmehr, dass wir unseren Bedürfnissen...