/lit/ - Literature

Just bought peak related and I'm currently reading The power of habit.

Is peak related any good?
Which books should I pursue that will give me directions to learn more efficiently?

>>10398222
>human life is marked by a constant need for progress, that's how to achieve happiness
It's interesting you bring that up. Kanheman's work here is something that resonates with me:
"What if, instead, a person’s actual experience of pleasure or pain could be sampled from moment to moment, and then summed up over time? Kahneman calls this “experienced” well-being, as opposed to the “remembered” well-being that researchers had relied upon. And he found that these two measures of happiness diverge in surprising ways. What makes the “experiencing self” happy is not the same as what makes the “remembering self” happy."
Full thing here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/books/review/thinking-fast-and-slow-by-daniel-kahneman-book-review.html

I would say that my "remembering self" is relatively happy, while I'm not very happy at all when I'm "experiencing" things day-to-day, whether or not they align with my values.

As for intimacy...you sound healthier than me (jealous of you again breh). My fear in this area leads me to evade/lash out at people out of my own cowardice. It's a destructive part of myself, probably my biggest problem. Thanks for your reply, I found your thoughts very helpful.

>>10331757
>relevant psychology from the last 50 years
you mean shit like this?

>>10281859
There is a part about marriage. Kahneman says that simple indicator if marriage is doing fine can be expressed by a formula (sorry for maths, /lit/):

h = s - f

where:
h is overall hapiness and marriage stability,
s is times you had sex,
f is times you had fight.

I think I can now remind my significant other of this, when she starts shouting at me. That's how manipulative motherfucker I am.

Not a regular here but had a question you could answer.
How do I increase comprehension while reading?

Got this for 50p in a charity shop.

Any thoughts, /lit/?

Is it just pop-psych or is it cooler than that?

What do you think of this book?

Thoughts on this book?

>>8613188

If forgot the image.

Study how to process information then go with your interests.

Is this worth my time?

Have you read William Irvine's book on Stoicism OP? I thought it was a pretty good modern application of a lot of stoic ideas, I pulled a lot of good practices out of it.

Besides that, this one seriously impacted my view of human rationality and just how suggestible we tend to be.