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Thanks!: How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier
by Robert Emmons
from Houghton Mifflin

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• A wise and true book
  I bought 60 copies of this book to give as part of an "Adult Goody Bag" to my guests at a party I gave. Needless to say I think this book has lots to offer all the successful, anxious friends I have. And clearly many of them are heeding the books advice as they're sending me Thank You notes. A wise and true book.

• Thanks! How the new science of gratitude can make you happier
  Thanks is a great primer in gratitude for those working in the coaching field. It gives a good mix of research, world experience, and individual stories. To that mix is added proven tools and techniques to enhance gratitude as a way of creating a happier life.

• Cultivating the attitude of gratitude
  I have been reading up on the topic of gratitude since reading a newspaper account of Professor Emmon's research on the topic. I have now studied this recent book on the topic and taken extensive notes. While the issue has always struck me as very important, I didn't realise the empirical support for the topic. Work conducted by Professor Emmons and his colleagues has provided important evidence of how even simple interventions such as keeping a daily gratitude diary can have a significant impact on... more info

• It didn't take a whole book to get the idea
  It's a great idea and the author is very likeable. Much of the book is proving the principle with a lot of research to back it up. Only the last chapter is what you'd call "self-help." Really, a good magazine article would have been sufficient. It wasn't enough info for the money, in my opinion.

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