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The Power of Meaning
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  • Published: 12 January 2017
  • ISBN: 9781473550889
  • Imprint: Ebury Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 7 hr 17 min
  • Narrator: Mozhan Marno
  • RRP: $19.99

The Power of Meaning

The true route to happiness

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12 Jan 2017
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12 Jan 2017
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2 Jan 2018
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The search for happiness is overrated: here is a groundbreaking analysis of the pursuit of meaning as a better route to a more fulfilling life

Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Power of Meaning by Emily Esfahani Smith, read by Mozhan Marno.

There is a myth in our culture that to find meaning you have to travel to a distant monastery or wade through dusty volumes to figure out life’s great secret. The truth is, there are untapped sources of meaning all around us: right here, right now. Drawing on the latest research in positive psychology; on insights from George Eliot, Viktor Frankl, Aristotle, the Buddha and other great minds, Emily Esfahani Smith identifies four pillars upon which meaning rests: Belonging, Purpose, Storytelling and Transcendence.

She also explores how we can begin to build a culture of meaning into our families, our workplaces and our communities.

Inspiring and full of contemporary examples, The Power of Meaning will strike a profound chord in anyone seeking a richer, more satisfying life.
  • Published: 12 January 2017
  • ISBN: 9781473550889
  • Imprint: Ebury Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 7 hr 17 min
  • Narrator: Mozhan Marno
  • RRP: $19.99
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About the author

Emily Esfahani Smith

Emily Esfahani Smith is a writer who draws on psychology, philosophy, and literature to write about the human experience—why we are the way we are and how we can find grace and meaning in a world that is full of suffering. Her writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Atlantic, TIME, and other publications. She is also an instructor in positive psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as an editor at the Stanford University Hoover Institution, where she manages the Ben Franklin Circles project which aims to build meaning in local communities. Born in Zurich, Emily grew up in Montreal and earned a masters degree in applied positive psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. She lives with her husband in Washington, DC.

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