Bøker av Paul Dolan

Be ambitious; find everlasting love; look after your health ... There are countless stories about how we ought to live our lives. These narratives can make our lives easier, and they might sometimes make us happier too. But they can also trap us and those around us. In Happy Ever After, bestselling happiness expert Professor Paul Dolan draws on a wealth of evidence to bust the common myths about our sources of happiness and shows that there can be many unexpected paths to lasting happiness. Some of these might involve not going into higher education, choosing not to marry, rewarding acts rooted in self-interest and caring a little less about living forever. By freeing ourselves from the myth of the perfect life, we might each find a life worth living.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Few books change one's life; in 48 hours this has improved mine' Jenni Russell, Sunday TimesHow can we make it easier to be happy? Using the latest cutting-edge research, Professor Paul Dolan reveals that wellbeing isn't about how we think - it's about what we do. By making deliberate choices that bring us both pleasure and meaning, we can redesign our lives for maximum happiness - without thinking too hard about it.'Outstanding, cutting-edge, and profound. If you're going to read one book on happiness, this is the one' Nassim Nicholas Taleb'Bold and original ... what I wish for my grandchildren: a life that is rich in activities both pleasurable and meaningful' Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking Fast and Slow

THEM!, The Thing, The Blob, old movies like those kicked off today's science fiction in the 1950s and turned space aliens and monsters into entertainment and it can be fun to watch the phony scientists, absurd creatures, and hard-to-believe special effects, but for all of that, there might have been something else about those old movies - they might have been true.THEM! AGAIN! uncovers monstrous secrets hidden in the desert of White Sands - secrets connecting familiar stories - secrets that were once buried and have now come back to life and it's all good, clean, monsters vs. humans fun - and plenty of it - 600+ pages of an homage to the classic sci-fi stories that started it all. And, it has spawned a series - Stories of White Sands which begins with this tale of travelers stranded in the Bunker, an isolated desert bar, when monsters from the past reappear to threaten humanity - and, as it turns out, not all of the monsters are outside in the night . . .

Why do we find it so hard - so stressful and unnerving - to talk to people whose opinions differ strongly from our own? And why is it so difficult for us to admit that those who disagree with us might nevertheless have something useful to contribute to the debate?In Beliefism, Paul Dolan will use his world-famous research into the social contexts in which we make decisions to view the way we divide ourselves into opposing camps. Using the duck/rabbit illusion as a central visual metaphor, he will ask why it is we tend to view issues from a single perspective, and dismiss out of hand the argument of those who see it differently - who see the duck instead of the rabbit. Why are university departments increasingly almost exclusively liberal? Doesn't accepting the importance of living in a diverse society also entail an acceptance of diverse opinions? Why are we so scared of being offended, even to the point of not wanting to hear from people who disagree with us? There have been many books about polarisation, but with a combination of penetrating research, curiosity, irreverence and warmth, Beliefism will be a definitive social psychology take by the leader in the field. The book will include original research by Paul and his team into political polarisation, drawing on data from around the world.

"Paul Dolan has not only led the way to sustainability in California viticulture, but has demonstrated that one person in one company can transform an entire industry. If only there were a roomful of Paul Dolans in America, we would be a profoundly different and better country in twenty years. May it be so." PAUL HAWKEN Author, The Ecology of Commerce SET AGAINST THE COLORFUL BACKDROP of the California wine industry, True to Our Roots: Fermenting a Business Revolution is the story of how Paul Dolan led Fetzer Vineyards to industry and market leadership while successfully pioneering the path of sustainability. Here for the first time are the six guiding principles Dolan discovered and developed at Fetzer, which can help managers everywhere build and grow stronger, more sustainable companies.