"Can You Learn to Be Happy?" "There are few self-help books more resolutley down to earth than Happier...Ben Shahar provides straightforward guidelines for integrating habits of gratitude and accepting negative emotions into daily life." ("Observer", January 2012). Yes ...according to the teacher of Harvard University's most popular and life-changing course. One out of every five Harvard students has lined up to hear Tal Ben-Shahar's insightful and inspiring lectures on that ever-elusive state: Happiness. How? Grounded in the revolutionary "positive psychology" movement, Ben-Shahar ingeniously combines scientific studies, scholarly research, self-help advice, and spiritual enlightenment. He weaves them together into a set of principles that you can apply to your daily life. Once you open your heart and mind to Happier's thoughts, you will feel more fulfilled, more connected ...and, yes, Happier. "This fine book shimmers with a rare brand of good sense that is imbedded in scientific knowledge about how to increase happiness. It is easy to see how this is the backbone of the most popular course at Harvard today." (Martin E. P. Seligman, author of "Authentic Happiness"). This paperback edition contains a preview chapter of Tal Ben-Shahar's "The Pursuit of Perfect".

泰勒·本-沙哈尔博士（Tal Ben-Shahar，Ph.D.），泰勒博士毕业于哈佛大学，他拥有心理学硕士、哲学和组织行为学博士学位。他所开设的“积极心理学”和“领袖心理学”，被哈佛学生们推选为最受欢迎率排名第一和第三的课程。选修这两门课程的哈佛学生超过了总人数的20%，其中23%的听课者向学校教学委员会反映：这两门课程“改变了他们的一生”。泰勒博士在哈佛学生中享有很高的声誉，受到学生们的爱戴与敬仰，被誉为“最受欢迎讲师”和“人生导师”。

由于他的课程在哈佛大学引起了前所未有的轰动，美国公共广播电台（NPR）、美国有限新闻网（CNN）、美国哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）、《纽约时报》和《波士顿环球报》等全球数十家著名媒体对他进行了专访和追踪报道。10年来泰勒博士专门从事个人和组织机构的优势开发、自信心，以及领袖力提升的研究。除了教授哈佛大学的课程外，他还受聘为多家著名跨国公司的心理咨询顾问和培训师，他的课程因兼具实用性和可操作性，被企业家和高管们誉为“摸得着幸福”的心理课程。

泰勒博士在中国唯一合作机构为亚洲积极心理研究院（www.mindhhh.com），2007年他已开始在中国亲自讲授“积极心理学”和“领袖心理学”。