The Meaning of Your Life

<p><b>THE INSTANT #1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</b></p><p> As I follow the principles that Arthur Brooks presents, I am becoming happier. I m actually having fun, too a word that previously didn t exist in my vocabulary. <b> OPRAH WINFREY</b></p><p><b>From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of <i>From Strength to Strength</i>, the definitive account of how the modern world makes meaning so hard to find and a plan to discover your life s deepest purpose.</b></p><p>If you struggle to discern life s meaning, you re not alone. Millions today describe a growing sense of emptiness, a lack of purpose and significance. And there s a reason: Rapid cultural, economic and technological changes have rewired our brains, reducing their ability to perceive depth and purpose.</p><p>In <i>The Meaning of Your Life</i>, social scientist and happiness expert Arthur C. Brooks shows you how to push back against these changes and find the meaning you need to live a happy, fulfilling life. Relying on cutting-edge science, he offers practical, evidence-based strategies for breaking free of the powerful trends and personal habits that dull your focus on the why of your life. 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.</p><p>'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. <i>The Meaning of Your Life</i> is your handbook for this journey.</p>