How to Be Happier: Top 10 Books That Promote Optimism

"1. The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin 'The days are long, but the years are short.' 'What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.' 'Being happier doesn’t mean you don’t recognize your flaws.' 'One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy.' 'Act the way you want to feel.' 2. The Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama & Howard Cutler 'Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.' 'The purpose of our lives is to be happy.' 'If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.' 'Our feelings are not fixed, they are constantly changing.' 'A disciplined mind leads to happiness.' "

"3. Joyful by Ingrid Fetell Lee 'Joy begins with the senses.' 'Color has the power to spark joy and stimulate creativity.' 'Play is not frivolous—it’s essential to human well-being.' 'By embracing joy, we embrace life.' 'Small moments of delight make life worth living.' 4. Happier by Tal Ben-Shahar 'Happiness lies at the intersection between pleasure and meaning.' 'Learn to fail or fail to learn.' 'Allow yourself to be human.' 'The happiest people don’t have the best of everything—they make the best of everything.' 'We can’t be happy unless we’re growing.'"

"5. Solve for Happy by Mo Gawdat 'Happiness is a default state.' 'Suffering is not the result of pain. It’s the result of the thoughts that follow the pain.' 'We suffer when our expectations don’t match reality.' 'Your brain is lying to you.' 'You can choose to be happy.' 6. Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert 'We overestimate the intensity and duration of our emotional reactions.' 'Our imagination plays tricks on us.' 'We don’t realize how different our future selves will be.' 'Happiness is often found in the unexpected.' 'We are poor predictors of what will make us happy.'"

"7. Hardwiring Happiness by Rick Hanson 'Your brain is like Velcro for negative experiences and Teflon for positive ones.' 'Take in the good.' 'The mind shapes the brain.' 'Inner strength comes from taking in positive experiences.' 'Well-being is a skill you can grow.' 8. 100 Ways to Happy by Tim Sharp 'Gratitude is the best attitude.' 'Happiness is a habit, not a goal.' 'Be kind to yourself; it’s where happiness starts.' 'Let go of perfection to hold onto joy.' 'Celebrate progress, not perfection.'"

"9. Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach 'The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.' 'You are not the voice of the mind—you are the one who hears it.' 'Happiness grows when we stop fighting ourselves.' 'Self-compassion is the foundation of inner peace.' 'Joy arises naturally from acceptance.' 10. The How of Happiness by Sonja Lyubomirsky 'Happiness is 50% genetic, 10% circumstances, and 40% intentional activity.' 'Gratitude boosts well-being more than material wealth.' 'Acts of kindness increase your happiness more than receiving gifts.' 'Savoring the present increases satisfaction.' 'Avoid social comparison—comparison is the thief of joy.'"