The new book by Mark Sham
Happiness Isn’t What You Think! by Mark Sham
What if the smile is the mask?
A book about the happiness we perform, the happiness we actually want, and the distance between the two.
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We chase it.
We post it.
We perform it. But how often do we actually feel it?
Happiness Isn’t What You Think starts with an uncomfortable question. What if the happiness we’ve been chasing was never the real thing?
Mark Sham looks behind the masks we wear every day, the smile for the photo and the automatic “I’m fine”, to find out what is underneath and what we might really be looking for.
If happiness isn’t what you think, what is it?
What you’ll take away
- Seethe difference between looking happy and feeling it.
- Questionthe borrowed ideas about what a good life should look like.
- Keepa steadier kind of contentment that holds up on ordinary days.
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