# Prof. Jonathan Haidt's book, "The Happiness Hypothesis," is highlighted

1 Faculty News August 14, 2014 ![Forbes logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030508.jpg?itok=SId6k3bx)>

Excerpt from [Forbes](http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2014/08/14/the-four-leadership-lessons-millennials-really-need/) -- "In his book The Happiness Hypothesis, [Jonathan Haidt](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt) writes: 'The mind is divided in many ways, but the division that really matters is between conscious/reasoned processes and automatic/implicit processes. These two parts are like a rider on the back of an elephant. \[…\] Learning how to train the elephant is the secret of self-improvement.'"

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