Tal Ben-Shahar

Think of the last time you were at your best and working in the zone. Now compare that to all the time you’ve spent just going through the motions. How would you quantify the difference between the two in terms of how you felt and what you produced? Would you rate it as a 5% difference... a 50% difference? Most...

In his New York Times bestseller Happier, positive psychology expert Tal Ben-Shahar taught us how to become happier through simple exercises. Now, in Choose the Life You Want, he has a new, life-changing lesson to share: Drawing on the latest psychological research, Ben-Shahar shows how making the right choices—not the big, once-in-a-lifetime choices, but the countless small choices we make...

When something good happens to us, we're really happy, and when something bad happens we're really unhappy. But what impact does the good or bad event have on our happiness a month later? Research shows: absolutely none. That's because happiness isn't dependent on the present moment - we all have ups and we all have downs - rather, it's the...

Cultivate lasting change with simple habits, from New York Times bestselling author Tal Ben-Shahar. Cultivate lasting change with simple habits, from New York Times bestselling author Tal Ben-Shahar. Do you struggle to make real change because you're starting too big without building a foundation first-get a new job, lose twenty pounds, learn a new language? Maybe the tools at your...