“Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill” by Matthieu Ricard

Phenomenal book by a molecular biologist turned monk who talks about happiness being a skill that can be developed through practice. Powerful, well grounded in science, one of those books that can shift your worldview in a supremely positive way.

https://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Guide-Developing-Lifes-Impo...

My advice is that you read this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Happiness-Guide-Developing-Importa...

Happiness, by Riccard Mathieu[0]. He gave an introductory talk at google too[1].

[0]http://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Guide-Developing-Lifes-Impor...

[1]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1424079446171087119...