{"product_id":"life-in-three-dimensions-shigehiro-oishi-9780385550390","title":"Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom one of our foremost psychologists, a trailblazing book that turns the idea of a good life on its head and urges us to embrace the transformative power of variety and experience\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor many people, a good life is a stable life, a comfortable life that follows a well-trodden path. This is the case for Shigehiro Oishi's father, who has lived in a small mountain town in Japan for his entire life, putting his family's needs above his own, like his father and grandfather before him. But is a happy life, or even a meaningful life, the only path to a good life? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLife in Three Dimensions\u003c\/i\u003e, Shige Oishi enters into a debate that has animated psychology since 1984, when Ed Diener (Oishi's mentor) published a paper that launched happiness studies. A rival followed in 1989 with a model of a good life that focused on purpose and meaning instead. In recent years, Shige Oishi's award-winning work has proposed a third dimension to a good life: \u003ci\u003epsychological richness\u003c\/i\u003e, a concept that prioritizes curiosity, exploration, and a variety of experiences that help us grow as people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife in Three Dimensions\u003c\/i\u003e explores the shortcomings of happiness and meaning as guides to a good life, pointing to complacency and regret as a \"happiness trap\" and narrowness and misplaced loyalty as a \"meaning trap.\" Psychological richness, Oishi proposes, balances the other two, offering insight and growth spurred by embracing uncertainty and challenges. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a lively style, drawing on a generation of psychological studies and on examples from famous people, books and film, Oishi introduces a new path to a fuller, more satisfying life with fewer regrets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shigehiro Oishi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0385550391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385550390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Doubleday Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Shigehiro Oishi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46311325171967,"sku":"9780385550390","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0b95178d-5d1e-4a15-8e4d-e8618d4909c0.jpg?v=1730889241","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-in-three-dimensions-shigehiro-oishi-9780385550390","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}