The #1 international bestseller from the author of The Book of Awesome that reveals how all of
us can live happier lives (Gretchen Rubin). What is the formula for a happy life? Neil Pasricha
is a Harvard MBA a New York Times-bestselling author a Walmart executive a father a
husband. After selling more than a million copies of the Book of Awesome series wherein he
observed the everyday things he thought were awesome he now shifts his focus to the
practicalities of living an awesome life. In his new book The Happiness Equation Pasricha
illustrates how to want nothing and do anything in order to have everything. If that sounds
like a contradiction in terms you simply have yet to unlock the 9 Secrets to Happiness. Each
secret takes a piece out of the core of common sense turns it on its head to present it in a
completely new light and then provides practical and specific guidelines for how to apply this
new outlook to lead a fulfilling life. Once you've unlocked Pasricha's 9 Secrets you will
understand counter intuitive concepts such as: Success Does Not Lead to Happiness Never Take
Advice and Retirement Is a Broken Theory. You will learn and then master three brand-new
fundamental life tests: the Saturday Morning Test The Bench Test and the Five People Test.
You will know the difference between external goals and internal goals and how to make more
money than a Harvard MBA (hint: it has nothing to do with your annual salary). You will
discover that true wealth has nothing to do with money multitasking is a myth and the
elimination of options leads to more choice. The Happiness Equation is a book that will change
how you think about pretty much everything-your time your career your relationships your
family and ultimately of course your happiness.