Arguments Of Sonja Lyubomirsky's The How Of Happiness

“If you’re not happy today, then you won’t be happy tomorrow unless you take thinks into your own hands and take action” states Lyubomirsky in her excerpt from her book The How of Happiness (Lyubomirsky 185). Dr. Lyubomirsky makes an effort to explain what are the different parts that determine human happiness and how can that happiness be improved. She makes the argument that although 50% of happiness is determined by a genetic “Set Point,” an individual can still become happier through intentional activity or action, which accounts for 40% of total happiness according Sonja Lyubomirsky. In the context of self-help happiness books and philosophical arguments, Dr. Lyubomirsky goes against the grain by making the argument that genetics does