This is not a book but a documentary on Netflix or Amazon. It is called "Happy" and it documents people from around the world and interviews psychiatrists and psychologists on what makes people happy. I loved it! It was very enlightening. A couple of highlights:
*aerobic exercise increases your dopamine and is equivalent to "shooting up with drugs". Dopamine is your happy juice that tells your brain that you are happy.
*the minute after birth the first thing you do is nurse. You have no idea who your mother is but you trust her to provide your first and essential need in life. Your mother, in turn, also has no idea who you are but sacrifices to give you your most essential need in life. So we are compassionate and loving people.
*The five things that were common among their findings of happy people were 1)playing 2)doing something meaningful 3)having new experiences 4) friends and families 5)appreciating things.
A must see!
