How to be miserable : 40 strategies you already use, Randy J. Paterson, PhD

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How to be miserable : 40 strategies you already use, Randy J. Paterson, PhD

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40 strategies you already use

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Randy J. Paterson, PhD

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• How to be miserable : 40 strategies you already use

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• Oakland, CA, New Harbinger Publications, Inc., 2016

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Includes bibliographical references

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Introduction: the dreams of another age -- Part one. Adopting a miserable lifestyle. Lesson 1. Avoid all exercise -- Lesson 2. Eat what you're told -- Lesson 3. Don't waste your life in bed -- Lesson 4. Live better through chemistry -- Lesson 5. Maximize your screen time -- Lesson 6. If you want it, but it -- Lesson 7. Can't afford it? Get it anyway? -- Lesson 8. Give 100 to your work -- Lesson 9. Be well informed -- Lesson 10. Set VAPID Goals -- Part two. How to think like an unhappy person. Lesson 11. Rehearse the regrettable past -- Lesson 12. Blame inward, give credit outward -- Lesson 13. Practice the "Three bad things" exercise -- Lesson 14. Construct future hells -- Lesson 15. Value hope over action -- Lesson 16. Become a toxic optimist -- Lesson 17. Filter for the negative -- Lesson 18. Cultivate your presence--elsewhere -- Lesson 19. Insist on perfection -- Lesson 20. Work endlessly on your self-esteem -- Part three. Hell is other people. Lesson 21. Become an island unto yourself -- Lesson 22. Give them what they want -- Lesson 23. Measure up and measure down -- Lesson 24. Play to win -- Lesson 25. Hold high expectations of others -- Lesson 26. Drop your boundaries -- Lesson 27. Bone with people's potential, not their reality -- Lesson 28. Demand loyalty -- Lesson 29. React to their motives, not their messages -- Lesson 30. Cultivate and treasure toxic relationships -- Part four. Living a life without meaning. Lesson 31. Keep your eye on the small picture -- Lesson 32. Let your impulses be your guide -- Lesson 33. Look out for number one -- Lesson 34. Duty first, life later -- Lesson 35. Live the unlived lives of others -- Lesson 36. Stay in your zone of comfort -- Lesson 37. Avoid solitude -- Lesson 38. Choose fashion over style -- Lesson 39. Pursue happiness relentlessly -- Lesson 40. Improve yourself -- Conclusion -- Ending the misery project: life on the top floor -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References and additional reading

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18 cm

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ix, 231 pages

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9781626254060

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