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You will learn how to:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Manage your emotions so they no longer control your outlook and behaviour\u003cbr\u003e- Turn life's inevitable difficulties and challenges into opportunities for growth\u003cbr\u003e- Strengthen your family ties by managing your expectations and building trust\u003cbr\u003e- Create and preserve deep and lasting friendships at any age\u003cbr\u003e- Develop an approach to work that fits your life and brings satisfaction\u003cbr\u003e- Find your inner peace with a spiritual practice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuild the Life You Want\u003c\/i\u003e introduces you to the cutting-edge science that can change your life, in understandable terms and with actionable strategies. Along the way, Arthur and Oprah share hard-earned wisdom from their own lives and careers. 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Brooks offers science-based insights on work and life in this curated collection from his \"How to Build a Life\" column in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagine if your life were a startup. How would you lead it and shape it to be most successful?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat's the question behind \u003ci\u003eThe Happiness Files\u003c\/i\u003e, a rich selection of enlightening and instructive essays by Arthur C. 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They explore topics and challenges such as \"Procrastinate This, Not That,\" \"Why Success Can Feel So Bitter,\" and \"Five Pillars of a Good Life.\" Readers will find the chapters helpfully grouped by theme: \"On Managing Yourself,\" \"On Jobs, Money, and Building Your Career,\" \"On Balancing Work, Life, and Relationships,\" and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe all need more happiness in our work and in our lives. 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Drawing on the great philosophers and the world’s faith traditions, he shows how everyone can—and must—approach life’s most important and mysterious questions and provides a blueprint that will help even the most skeptical person find a life of spiritual transcendence, passionate love, and true calling.   'What is the meaning of my life?' is not an unanswerable question, but rather the start of a pilgrimage into unexplored corners of your consciousness. 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