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DescriptionWe often focus on how our gifts can help those in need. But the act of giving actually improves our own lives as well. In THE GIVING WAY TO HAPPINESS, Jenny Santi overturns conventional thinking about what it takes to be happy by revealing how giving to others - whether in the form of money, expertise, time or love - has helped people from all walks of life find purpose and joy. Drawing on the wisdom of great thinkers past and present, as well as cutting-edge scientific research, Santi makes an eloquent and passionate case that oftentimes the answers to the problems that haunt us and the key to the happiness that eludes us, lie in helping those around us. This book is filled with inspiring stories told firsthand by Academy Award winner, Goldie Hawn, Noble Peace Prize winner ,Muhammad Yunus, supermodel, Christy Turlington Burns, Teach for America founder, Wendy Kopp, philanthropist, Richard Rockefeller, environmentalist, Philippe Cousteau, activist, Ric O'Barry, bestselling author, Isabel Allende, ALS survivor, Augie Nieto and many others from all over the world. Despite their diverse backgrounds, they have all found unexpected happiness and fulfillment through giving. Author descriptionJenny Santi was born and raised in Manila in the Philippines, and now splits her time between Singapore and New York. She holds an MBA from INSEAD and Wharton Business School and attended New York University's Heyman Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising, where she is a chartered advisor in philanthropy. Santi is a philanthropy adviser to some of the world's wealthiest philanthropists, and for five years, was the head of Philanthropy Services (Southeast Asia) for the world's largest wealth manager. She is a frequent commentator on the topic of philanthropy and has been quoted in the International Herald Tribune, on Channel NewsAsia, and on BBC World News. |