Ideas change everything

Dan Gilbert pyet, Pse jemi te lumtur?

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TED2004

• February 2004

Dan Gilbert, autori i librit Te Gjesh Lumturine "Pa Dashje", kundershton idene se lumturia qendron ne arritjen e asaj cka deshirojme. "Sistemi yne imuno-psiqik" na mundeson te jemi vertet te lumtur edhe kur gjerat nuk shkojne sic i kishim parashikuar.

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Dan Gilbert, autori i librit Te Gjesh Lumturine "Pa Dashje", kundershton idene se lumturia qendron ne arritjen e asaj cka deshirojme. "Sistemi yne imuno-psiqik" na mundeson te jemi vertet te lumtur edhe kur gjerat nuk shkojne sic i kishim parashikuar.

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Psychologist; happiness expert

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Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert says our beliefs about what will make us happy are often wrong -- a premise he supports with intriguing research, and explains in his accessible and unexpectedly funny book, Stumbling on Happiness.

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Stumbling on Happiness

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