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# Emotional Equations: Simple Steps for Creating Happiness + Success in Business + Life Paperback – February 12, 2013

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Simple Math, Simply Amazing
  

*by J***O on Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2011*

Chip Conley wrote one of my favorite business books...ever...PEAK, exploring how great companies get their mojo from Maslow.  Changing Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs into Transformation Pyramids for employees, customers, and investors, Conley, Founder and then the CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, the second largest boutique hotel group in the country, delivered a recession-tested road map for transforming companies.If you are expecting Conley's latest offering, EMOTIONAL EQUATIONS, to be more of the same you may be disappointed.  In fact, he has an emotional equation for that: Disappointment = Expectations - Reality.  In fact, Conley has written an ambitious, courageous book that is a logical extension of the emotional intelligence he displayed in PEAK.This is a genre-busting work...it's a business book, no it's a self-help book, no it's a psychology text, no it's faith based.  It happens to be all wrapped into one.Conley explores emotions in a fresh way, using mathematics to tap into a deeper understanding.  This is a thought provoking book, best read when you have the time to explore and consider your own reactions and feelings.Here are some of the equations:Happiness = Wanting What You Have/Having What You Want (division)Regret = Disappointment + Responsibility (addition)Authenticity = Self-Awareness x Courage (multiplication)Wisdom = The Square Root of Experience (my personal favorite, and a bit of higher order math)The book is divided into four major sections, "Dealing With Difficult Times", "Getting to Most Out of Your Work Life", "Defining Who You Are" and "Finding Contentment."  Feeling anxious?  Go to that chapter.  Curious about Integrity?  There's a chapter for that as well.My favorite chapter deals with Happiness.  Happiness = Wanting What You Have/Having What You Want.  Conley explores the hedonic treadmill, studies that suggest that up to 50% of happiness is predetermined genetically (Jonathon Haidt, THE HAPPINESS HYPOTHESIS, calls is the "cortical lottery"), and the powerful role of gratitude plays in determining happiness.Conley draws from the ancient philosophers, the positive psychology movement, and the works of Barry Schwartz (THE PARADOX OF CHOICE, another must read) to help validate his own thoughts and musings.  As an author he is definitely working without a net.  At times, the emotions that arise from circumstances from his life, give the book a raw feel.  His examples of famous and infamous people also help define the math behind the emotions.Don't dismiss this book as too "touchy-feely."  Understanding, controlling, and changing emotions is tough work.  What Chip Conley has done in EMOTIONAL EQUATIONS is offer, as the subtitle states, "Simple Truths for Creating Happiness & Success."

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Ingenious, Soulful, Groundbreaking.
  

*by S***E on Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2012*

I know Chip Conley through our association as fellow CEOs in Young Presidents' Organization.  I first met him when I wrote to him that I thought his book PEAK was brilliant and extremely helpful.  From our first meeting I was struck by Chip's depth of character.  Here is a highly successful executive and author who is humble and caring and leads from the heart--a truly authentic human being.  It is that authenticity that gives Emotional Equations its considerable power.Sure enough, when I read Chip's formula for authenticity (Authenticity = Self-Awareness x Courage), I knew that he had gotten it right.One of Chip's big innovations in Emotional Equations is to use the rational construct of an equation in order to probe deeply into the completely different construct of emotions.  Great and memorable insights instantly follow.  You could do a whole book on just his equation of Despair = Suffering - Meaning.  Another thought provoking equation:  Disappointment = Expectations - Reality. You could  use that as a basis of conflict management or establishing better communication with colleagues or loved ones.  Speaking of colleagues, how about  Workaholism = What Are You Running From? / What Are You Living For?  Deeply understanding the wisdom of that equation could change someone's life.In his humility Chip does not claim that his formulas are cast in stone.  Rather, he offers them as a doorway to contemplation and exploration, so you discover your own deeper truth.  I highly recommend this ingenious, soulful, and groundbreaking book

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Emotional Equations
  

*by T***H on Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2017*

This book is definitely through provoking, and lends me some tools to use in life, but the belief that reducing emotions into formulas and using them like mantras to repair your life seems overly simplistic.

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