The Art of Happiness

ealized, however, that there were more topicsthan could be covered in a single volume, so wedivided the topics into a series of volumes. Ourfirst follow-up book, The Art of Happiness atWork, was published in 2003. Like the firstvolume, it was very well received and became abestseller—and more important, feedback fromreaders indicated that it was of practical value inhelping them find greater happiness at work, theactivity occupying the greatest part of our wakinghours.Focusing on the theme of inner development,the first two volumes were generally directed atthe level of the individual. We realized, however,that individual human beings do not live in avacuum—we interact within a community, asociety, and the world. And our world has manytroubles: violence, terrorism, war, prejudice and