Stumbling On Happiness Summary

Daniel Gilbert is a professor of the College of Psychology at Harvard University. Gilbert has preformed a number of research studies on human behavior, and studied how individuals view happiness. The empowering book Stumbling on Happiness reflects much of Dr. Gilbert’s great and insightful work explaining and giving a deeper understanding into how people view happiness in their past, present and future life. Dr. Gilbert often refers to some questions that raise concern and often affects every individual. Why am I not happy? And, how can I be happier? Dr. Gilbert refers to a various amount of studies and experiments, which draws to common conclusions and main points. Dr. Gilbert came to the conclusion that how we estimate our happiness is directly linked to our background and experiences that determines our definition of happiness according to our own imagination. This book has seven categories with one to three chapters discussing important topics on the journey to happiness and understanding what happiness entails to different individuals. One of the chapters from Dr. Gilbert’s book Stumbling on Happiness is titled Outside Looking In. This chapter discusses studies that have been preformed, practiced …show more content…
Dr. Gilbert stated, “Our brain accepts what the eyes see and our eye looks for whatever our brain wants” (Gilbert 23). After reading this book I view happiness as a different experience for every individual. What may make myself happy differs from every individual. As human beings our brain determines what makes us happy and we choose to determine what that may be. As I grow and develop into a new professional I will take with me that we determine our happiness, this is an ever changing and developmental emotion that differs amongst every