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Finding Happiness: Building Stable Relationships in Turbulent Times

Paperback |English |1633570363 | 9781633570368

Finding Happiness: Building Stable Relationships in Turbulent Times

Paperback |English |1633570363 | 9781633570368
Overview
Drawing upon classic wisdom and new research in the psychology of well-being, FINDING HAPPINESS shows how to build friendships, overcome barriers to closeness, make a difference in people's lives, and face the future without anxiety.

Relationship building is revealed by Dr. Paul Swets as a matter of making slight adjustments in the way you speak and how you listen. He defines what those changes are and how to implement them to experience greater happiness. He illustrates how you can:

achieve closeness with those you care about
make others glad to be with you
enjoy more of your life

FINDING HAPPINESS enables you to experience and share the gift of happiness more often with the people you meet.
ISBN: 1633570363
ISBN13: 9781633570368
Author: Paul W. Swets
Publisher: Crosslink Publishing
Format: Paperback
PublicationDate: 2015-10-16
Language: English
PageCount: 146
Dimensions: 6.0 x 0.37 x 9.0 inches
Weight: 9.6 ounces
Drawing upon classic wisdom and new research in the psychology of well-being, FINDING HAPPINESS shows how to build friendships, overcome barriers to closeness, make a difference in people's lives, and face the future without anxiety.

Relationship building is revealed by Dr. Paul Swets as a matter of making slight adjustments in the way you speak and how you listen. He defines what those changes are and how to implement them to experience greater happiness. He illustrates how you can:

achieve closeness with those you care about
make others glad to be with you
enjoy more of your life

FINDING HAPPINESS enables you to experience and share the gift of happiness more often with the people you meet.
Editorial Reviews


Who wouldn't like to be happy and the best person you could possibly be? Every one of us has this deep-seated desire for happiness and fulfillment. Finding Happiness is fantastic! It should be another winner. Paul has a unique insight of how we can experience joy and purpose. And like a good head coach, he gives us the tools to accomplish this. Read Finding Happiness. It's transformational!"---C. Kemmons Wilson, Jr., Founding Family of Holiday InnsA refreshing read. Finding Happiness is so well written-clear, articulate, engaging. It is packed full of wisdom about how to live this life well. It is a right-on gift of a book."---Mark Hiskes, TeacherFinding Happiness offers a powerfully written set of tools that sparks action. It encourages, challenges, and ultimately inspires us to make the necessary changes in our lives to allow true happiness to endure. Paul Swets teaches us that life is worth celebrating! So why not start today by connecting, relating, mentoring, and choosing to persevere with Hope. I know Finding Happiness will impact the lives of many!--Jenna Grasmeyer, 2014 NCAA Division III Volleyball Championship's Most Outstanding Player"Finding Happiness is a gold-mine of coaching strategies for enjoying an abundant life. As a recent college graduate, I find the principles spot on and immediately accessible by my generation. This book fills the gap in our culture by showing the way to enduring happiness."--Sa'eed Hussaini, Research Intern at the Center for Strategic and International Studies' (CSIS) Africa"I think this book is exceptional! Finding Happiness has a lot to offer everyone in terms of acquiring the skills for successful communication and conflict resolution. These skills are so necessary to be effective in life. People of all ages will benefit from them."--Harrison C. Visscher, M.D."Finding Happiness offers helpful insight for living a happy life. With a clear intelligence and gentle tone, Paul Swets mentors us about how to connect with those around us, how to develop a life of depth and purpose, and how to live today without fear of tomorrow. His skill and compassion shine through every page of this profound little book."--Alex Mouw, Lilly Graduate Fellow"As an artist I spend a lot of alone time, stuck in my head. When I venture out from my studio I crave conversation and interaction that matters. As Paul Swets thoroughly lays out in Finding Happiness, it really comes down to relationships that matter. If you're willing to truly engage with this book, I think you'll find reason to venture out from whatever your personal "studio" may be because a fuller life is waiting for you."--Joel Schoon-Tanis, Artist"Finding Happiness brings together not only the necessary practices to initiate and develop lasting friendship, but a reason to even develop these friendships in the first place. The effort laid out here for friendship and happiness is beautiful."--Jeff Miller, Engineer"I believe Finding Happiness will be a practical resource for family and marriage counselors, and for people who want to improve their interpersonal relationships. This is a self-help book that is easy to read, practical in its application, sound in its principles, and appropriate for all ages."--Harold Gazan, MSW, former consultant to Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Agencies"Finding Happiness is filled with wisdom, wit and great take-away ideas to strengthen each of our relationships. Both my wife and I kept saying, 'This is a great book!'"--Jim Carlson, author of Choosing to be Fully Alive"Paul Swets' book shows how to experience happiness. Finding Happiness is a practical guide for anyone who wants to improve their listening and relationship building skills. It will produce good fruit."--Kelvin Kronemeyer, Pastor"Motivating! I like this fresh approach for opening ways to get through to people and create a happy experience."--Courtney Dykema, College Graduate"Drawing upon his doctoral research in interpersonal communication in his newest book, Dr. Paul Swets helps you maximize you communication skills and build satisfying relationships."--Bobb Biehl, Executive Mentor"Readers of Finding Happiness will be better equipped to improve their relationships with others whether at home, school or in the work place. It is an excellent handbook for the young and the old alike."Dr. Thomas P. Mathew, Former Probation Manager, Cleveland, Ohio"In a series of simple, easy to understand chapters filled with practical exercises and engaging examples, Paul Swets can help you develop your capacity for happiness by focusing on its true secret--healthy relationships."--Dr. David M. Bast, Radio Preacher on Words of Hope International BroadcastA brilliantly sequenced menu of solutions for every person's core need to be happy now, and joyous forever! Paul clearly identifies the inherent resources every person already has to love, to submit to God, and to celebrate life as it is meant to be! Destined to be a classic--thanks Paul. --Kyle Rote, Jr., inducted into the National Soccer Hall of FameIt doesn't matter how we define happiness, we all seek it. This book assists us in our quest. The author clarifies understanding of happiness, but more important, he gives us practical guidance for our quest. This is not a superficial be happy admonition; it is a genuine offer that is rooted in experience and the Christian faith and way. Paul Swets deals with those critical areas of relationship where, if happiness does not prevail, life is miserable. I can't think of a person that doesn't need this guidance, and I commend it heartily.--Dr. Maxie Dunnam, President Emeritus of Asbury Theological Seminary"It's not just on MSNBC and Fox News that people don't listen anymore and can't get along. It's in families and churches and businesses. It's seemingly everywhere. We need help. My friend, Dr. Paul Swets, gives it. In Finding Happiness, Paul systematically takes us down the path of healthy and happy relationships based on a healthy and happy you. We'll all be healthier and happier if we read and apply his solid advice."--Rev. Sanders Willson, Senior Pastor of Second Presbyterian Church"C.S. Lewis says, "Joy is the serious business of heaven." It is refreshing to read Paul Swets addressing the serious business of joy and happiness. The appeal to our innate desire "to be happy" is so well done by Paul Swets that the magnetic appeal of the joy Jesus promised will captivate the reading audience."--Dr. John Guest, author of Beating Mediocrity"Combining wisdom from St. Paul with principles of interpersonal communication, this work by Dr. Swets embraces core beliefs and practical disciplines that enable a person to be content--even happy--through whatever circumstances are encountered in life. Finding Happiness promotes a source of joy that can be magnetic."--Bob Reid, Musician


Paul Swets received his doctorate in Communication from the University of Michigan. His first book, THE ART OF TALKING SO THAT PEOPLE WILL LISTEN, is published by Simon & Schuster and in its 35th printing. Paul has degrees in Psychology, Theology, American Culture, and Communication.

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Overview
Drawing upon classic wisdom and new research in the psychology of well-being, FINDING HAPPINESS shows how to build friendships, overcome barriers to closeness, make a difference in people's lives, and face the future without anxiety.

Relationship building is revealed by Dr. Paul Swets as a matter of making slight adjustments in the way you speak and how you listen. He defines what those changes are and how to implement them to experience greater happiness. He illustrates how you can:

achieve closeness with those you care about
make others glad to be with you
enjoy more of your life

FINDING HAPPINESS enables you to experience and share the gift of happiness more often with the people you meet.
ISBN: 1633570363
ISBN13: 9781633570368
Author: Paul W. Swets
Publisher: Crosslink Publishing
Format: Paperback
PublicationDate: 2015-10-16
Language: English
PageCount: 146
Dimensions: 6.0 x 0.37 x 9.0 inches
Weight: 9.6 ounces
Drawing upon classic wisdom and new research in the psychology of well-being, FINDING HAPPINESS shows how to build friendships, overcome barriers to closeness, make a difference in people's lives, and face the future without anxiety.

Relationship building is revealed by Dr. Paul Swets as a matter of making slight adjustments in the way you speak and how you listen. He defines what those changes are and how to implement them to experience greater happiness. He illustrates how you can:

achieve closeness with those you care about
make others glad to be with you
enjoy more of your life

FINDING HAPPINESS enables you to experience and share the gift of happiness more often with the people you meet.
Editorial Reviews


Who wouldn't like to be happy and the best person you could possibly be? Every one of us has this deep-seated desire for happiness and fulfillment. Finding Happiness is fantastic! It should be another winner. Paul has a unique insight of how we can experience joy and purpose. And like a good head coach, he gives us the tools to accomplish this. Read Finding Happiness. It's transformational!"---C. Kemmons Wilson, Jr., Founding Family of Holiday InnsA refreshing read. Finding Happiness is so well written-clear, articulate, engaging. It is packed full of wisdom about how to live this life well. It is a right-on gift of a book."---Mark Hiskes, TeacherFinding Happiness offers a powerfully written set of tools that sparks action. It encourages, challenges, and ultimately inspires us to make the necessary changes in our lives to allow true happiness to endure. Paul Swets teaches us that life is worth celebrating! So why not start today by connecting, relating, mentoring, and choosing to persevere with Hope. I know Finding Happiness will impact the lives of many!--Jenna Grasmeyer, 2014 NCAA Division III Volleyball Championship's Most Outstanding Player"Finding Happiness is a gold-mine of coaching strategies for enjoying an abundant life. As a recent college graduate, I find the principles spot on and immediately accessible by my generation. This book fills the gap in our culture by showing the way to enduring happiness."--Sa'eed Hussaini, Research Intern at the Center for Strategic and International Studies' (CSIS) Africa"I think this book is exceptional! Finding Happiness has a lot to offer everyone in terms of acquiring the skills for successful communication and conflict resolution. These skills are so necessary to be effective in life. People of all ages will benefit from them."--Harrison C. Visscher, M.D."Finding Happiness offers helpful insight for living a happy life. With a clear intelligence and gentle tone, Paul Swets mentors us about how to connect with those around us, how to develop a life of depth and purpose, and how to live today without fear of tomorrow. His skill and compassion shine through every page of this profound little book."--Alex Mouw, Lilly Graduate Fellow"As an artist I spend a lot of alone time, stuck in my head. When I venture out from my studio I crave conversation and interaction that matters. As Paul Swets thoroughly lays out in Finding Happiness, it really comes down to relationships that matter. If you're willing to truly engage with this book, I think you'll find reason to venture out from whatever your personal "studio" may be because a fuller life is waiting for you."--Joel Schoon-Tanis, Artist"Finding Happiness brings together not only the necessary practices to initiate and develop lasting friendship, but a reason to even develop these friendships in the first place. The effort laid out here for friendship and happiness is beautiful."--Jeff Miller, Engineer"I believe Finding Happiness will be a practical resource for family and marriage counselors, and for people who want to improve their interpersonal relationships. This is a self-help book that is easy to read, practical in its application, sound in its principles, and appropriate for all ages."--Harold Gazan, MSW, former consultant to Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Agencies"Finding Happiness is filled with wisdom, wit and great take-away ideas to strengthen each of our relationships. Both my wife and I kept saying, 'This is a great book!'"--Jim Carlson, author of Choosing to be Fully Alive"Paul Swets' book shows how to experience happiness. Finding Happiness is a practical guide for anyone who wants to improve their listening and relationship building skills. It will produce good fruit."--Kelvin Kronemeyer, Pastor"Motivating! I like this fresh approach for opening ways to get through to people and create a happy experience."--Courtney Dykema, College Graduate"Drawing upon his doctoral research in interpersonal communication in his newest book, Dr. Paul Swets helps you maximize you communication skills and build satisfying relationships."--Bobb Biehl, Executive Mentor"Readers of Finding Happiness will be better equipped to improve their relationships with others whether at home, school or in the work place. It is an excellent handbook for the young and the old alike."Dr. Thomas P. Mathew, Former Probation Manager, Cleveland, Ohio"In a series of simple, easy to understand chapters filled with practical exercises and engaging examples, Paul Swets can help you develop your capacity for happiness by focusing on its true secret--healthy relationships."--Dr. David M. Bast, Radio Preacher on Words of Hope International BroadcastA brilliantly sequenced menu of solutions for every person's core need to be happy now, and joyous forever! Paul clearly identifies the inherent resources every person already has to love, to submit to God, and to celebrate life as it is meant to be! Destined to be a classic--thanks Paul. --Kyle Rote, Jr., inducted into the National Soccer Hall of FameIt doesn't matter how we define happiness, we all seek it. This book assists us in our quest. The author clarifies understanding of happiness, but more important, he gives us practical guidance for our quest. This is not a superficial be happy admonition; it is a genuine offer that is rooted in experience and the Christian faith and way. Paul Swets deals with those critical areas of relationship where, if happiness does not prevail, life is miserable. I can't think of a person that doesn't need this guidance, and I commend it heartily.--Dr. Maxie Dunnam, President Emeritus of Asbury Theological Seminary"It's not just on MSNBC and Fox News that people don't listen anymore and can't get along. It's in families and churches and businesses. It's seemingly everywhere. We need help. My friend, Dr. Paul Swets, gives it. In Finding Happiness, Paul systematically takes us down the path of healthy and happy relationships based on a healthy and happy you. We'll all be healthier and happier if we read and apply his solid advice."--Rev. Sanders Willson, Senior Pastor of Second Presbyterian Church"C.S. Lewis says, "Joy is the serious business of heaven." It is refreshing to read Paul Swets addressing the serious business of joy and happiness. The appeal to our innate desire "to be happy" is so well done by Paul Swets that the magnetic appeal of the joy Jesus promised will captivate the reading audience."--Dr. John Guest, author of Beating Mediocrity"Combining wisdom from St. Paul with principles of interpersonal communication, this work by Dr. Swets embraces core beliefs and practical disciplines that enable a person to be content--even happy--through whatever circumstances are encountered in life. Finding Happiness promotes a source of joy that can be magnetic."--Bob Reid, Musician


Paul Swets received his doctorate in Communication from the University of Michigan. His first book, THE ART OF TALKING SO THAT PEOPLE WILL LISTEN, is published by Simon & Schuster and in its 35th printing. Paul has degrees in Psychology, Theology, American Culture, and Communication.

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  • Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may include limited notes, highlighting, or minor water damage but the text is readable. Item may but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting, but the text cannot be obscured or unreadable.

Note: Some electronic material access codes are valid only for one user. For this reason, used books, including books listed in the Used – Like New condition, may not come with functional electronic material access codes.

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  • Stevens Books offers FREE SHIPPING everywhere in the United States for ALL non-book orders, and $3.99 for each book.
  • Packages are shipped from Monday to Friday.
  • No additional fees and charges.

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The usual time for processing an order is 24 hours (1 business day), but may vary depending on the availability of products ordered. This period excludes delivery times, which depend on your geographic location.

Estimated delivery times:

  • Standard Shipping: 5-8 business days
  • Expedited Shipping: 3-5 business days

Shipping method varies depending on what is being shipped.  

Tracking
All orders are shipped with a tracking number. Once your order has left our warehouse, a confirmation e-mail with a tracking number will be sent to you. You will be able to track your package at all times. 

Damaged Parcel
If your package has been delivered in a PO Box, please note that we are not responsible for any damage that may result (consequences of extreme temperatures, theft, etc.). 

If you have any questions regarding shipping or want to know about the status of an order, please contact us or email to support@stevensbooks.com.

You may return most items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund.

To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it. It must also be in the original packaging.

Several types of goods are exempt from being returned. Perishable goods such as food, flowers, newspapers or magazines cannot be returned. We also do not accept products that are intimate or sanitary goods, hazardous materials, or flammable liquids or gases.

Additional non-returnable items:

  • Gift cards
  • Downloadable software products
  • Some health and personal care items

To complete your return, we require a tracking number, which shows the items which you already returned to us.
There are certain situations where only partial refunds are granted (if applicable)

  • Book with obvious signs of use
  • CD, DVD, VHS tape, software, video game, cassette tape, or vinyl record that has been opened
  • Any item not in its original condition, is damaged or missing parts for reasons not due to our error
  • Any item that is returned more than 30 days after delivery

Items returned to us as a result of our error will receive a full refund,some returns may be subject to a restocking fee of 7% of the total item price, please contact a customer care team member to see if your return is subject. Returns that arrived on time and were as described are subject to a restocking fee.

Items returned to us that were not the result of our error, including items returned to us due to an invalid or incomplete address, will be refunded the original item price less our standard restocking fees.

If the item is returned to us for any of the following reasons, a 15% restocking fee will be applied to your refund total and you will be asked to pay for return shipping:

  • Item(s) no longer needed or wanted.
  • Item(s) returned to us due to an invalid or incomplete address.
  • Item(s) returned to us that were not a result of our error.

You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).

If you need to return an item, please Contact Us with your order number and details about the product you would like to return. We will respond quickly with instructions for how to return items from your order.


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Depending on where you live, the time it may take for your exchanged product to reach you, may vary.

If you are shipping an item over $75, you should consider using a trackable shipping service or purchasing shipping insurance. We don’t guarantee that we will receive your returned item.

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