The Happiness Track
by Emma Seppälä
A Stanford researcher on why stress and overdrive undermine success: presence, resilience, calm, compassion, with the research behind each. Clear and credible.
Read it if…
you believe you must suffer to succeed.
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Skip it if…
you want a workbook.
Try instead: Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future →
Three things you will actually use
- Stress is not the price of success.
- Calm sustains.
- Compassion is strategic.
Do this first
Read the chapter on calm energy.
Our verdict
Success without burnout.
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