{"product_id":"a-culture-of-happiness-med-pbk","title":"A Culture of Happiness","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnglish - other Author - \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTho Ha Vinh - A culture of happiness - How to Scale Up Happiness from People to Organizations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePractical principles for creating conditions for happiness at scale from the former program director of the Gross National Happiness Center of Bhutan, the only country in the world to measure progress by the happiness of its citizens.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite countless happiness programs focused on individual well-being, are we any happier, really? Is it in fact possible to be fully happy within a miserably dysfunctional society built to keep structural inequities in place?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePossible, perhaps, but not easy. While the pursuit of happiness is a much-celebrated ideal, how can countries and communities design the right environments for people to lead happy lives? Personal programs for happiness that include mindfulness, empathy, and gratitude are a good start, but without structural changes, they can only go so far.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaking the case of the country of Bhutan as an example, the nation’s former Gross National Happiness program director Tho Ha Vinh explains how the principles of happiness can and must apply to people, families, and communities at scale to produce the conditions for a truly satisfying life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore and more people feel that we live in a time of transition and that our very survival on this planet depends on renewing the way we live together in society. Gross National Happiness is an innovative development paradigm that puts the happiness of all people and the well-being of all life forms at the center of progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on real-life experiences,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Culture of Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eshows a multitude of practical methods for strategic thinkers and change makers to apply the framework of Gross National Happiness to bring about positive change in schools, businesses, and communities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Parallax Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46932083278103,"sku":null,"price":9.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/0123\/1127\/files\/9781952692314-1006x1536.jpg?v=1769276284","url":"https:\/\/shop.deerparkmonastery.org\/products\/a-culture-of-happiness-med-pbk","provider":"Deer Park Monastery Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}