Book Review: The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky

Are you happy? It's hard to be optimistic when the economic news is grim - but scientific research shows much of our individual happiness lies in our own efforts. External events account for only 10% of our response to life, 50% results from our predetermined "set points," and an astonishing 40% is within our power to change! So where do we start?
Drawing on her own research with thousands of people, author and psychologist Lyubomirsky (http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-how-happiness) has pioneered a detailed yet easy-to-follow plan to increase happiness in our day-to-day lives--in the short and long term. This book that offers a guide to understanding what happiness is and isn't, and what can be done to bring us all closer to the happy life we envision. Using more than a dozen happiness-increasing strategies, it offers a new way to understand our innate potential for joy and happiness as well as our ability to sustain it in our lives. - Lynne (Downtown)