"Former program director of Bhutan's Gross National Happiness Center"--cover

Why do we need Gross National Happiness? Introduction: My way to Bhutan -- The evolution of humankind and the need for a new development paradigm -- What is genuine happiness? -- Transforming violence and hatred with compassion and loving kindness -- The interdependence between care for others and care for the planet -- Understanding Gross National Happiness as a new development paradigm. From Gross Domestic Product to Gross National Happiness -- The Gross National Happiness framework -- The nine domains of Gross National Happiness -- Implementing Gross National Happiness. How to assess your personal happiness with GNH -- GNH in families -- GNH in education -- GNH in the workplace -- Afterword: For a better future to be possible

Practical principles for creating conditions for happiness at scale from the program director of the Gross National Happiness Center of Bhutan, the only country in the world to measure progress by the happiness of its citizens. Despite countless happiness programs focused on individual well-being, are we any happier, really? Is it in fact possible to be fully happy within a miserably dysfunctional society built to keep structures of inequity in place? Possible, perhaps, but not easy. While the pursuit of happiness is a much-celebrated ideal, how can countries and communities design the right environments for people to lead happy lives? Personal programs for happiness are a good start, but without structural changes, they can only go so far. Taking the case of the country of Bhutan as an example, the nation's first Gross National Happiness program director Tho Ha Vinh explains how the principles of happiness can and must apply to people, families, and communities at scale to produce the conditions for a truly satisfying life. More and more people feel that we live in a time of transition and that our very survival on this planet depends on renewing the way we live together in society. Gross National Happiness is an innovative development paradigm that puts the interconnected happiness of all people and the well-being of all life forms at the center of progress. Based on real-life experiences, this book shows a multitude of practical methods for strategic thinkers and change makers to apply the framework of Gross National Happiness to bring about positive change in schools, businesses, and communities

"Life lessons from Bhutan, the original country of Gross National Happiness"