Editorial Review:
Did you know that there is a crucial component of happiness that is often overlooked? In the pages of this eminently readable book, Robert Emmons -- editor in chief of the Journal of Positive Psychology -- draws on the first major study of the subject of gratitude, of "wanting what we have," and shows that a systematic cultivation of this underexamined emotion can measurably change people's lives. Readers will discover how:
• People who regularly practice grateful thinking can increase their "set-point" for happiness by as much as 25 percent.
• Such increases can be sustained over a period of months -- challenging the previously held notion that our set-points for happiness are frozen at birth.
• Keeping a gratitude journal for as little as three weeks results in better sleep and more energy.
Emmons also reaches beyond science to bolster the case for gratitude by weaving in the writings of philosophers, novelists, and theologians. Like no other book has before, Thanks! inspires readers to embrace gratitude and all the benefits it can bring into our lives.
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Customer Reviews
Average Customer Rating: 
A wise and true book  2008-08-04
I bought 60 copies of this book to give as part of an "Adult Goody Bag" to my guests at a party I gave. Needless to say I think this book has lots to offer all the successful, anxious friends I have. And clearly many of them are heeding the books advice as they're sending me Thank You notes. A wise and true book.
Thanks! How the new science of gratitude can make you happier 2008-04-10
Thanks is a great primer in gratitude for those working in the coaching field. It gives a good mix of research, world experience, and individual stories. To that mix is added proven tools and techniques to enhance gratitude as a way of creating a happier life.
Cultivating the attitude of gratitude  2008-03-25
I have been reading up on the topic of gratitude since reading a newspaper account of Professor Emmon's research on the topic. I have now studied this recent book on the topic and taken extensive notes. While the issue has always struck me as very important, I didn't realise the empirical support for the topic. Work conducted by Professor Emmons and his colleagues has provided important evidence of how even simple interventions such as keeping a daily gratitude diary can have a significant impact on students as well as clinical populations. I would thoroughly recommend this book as it provides a comprehensive overview of the gratitude literature, as well as tips on how to bring more gratitude practices into your daily life. Unusually, it is not just a self-help book but a scientific guide, written by a genuine expert in the field, unlike so many books in this genre. I look forward to developing and extending my own work in this area. There can be few better introductions than this book.
Dr Jerome Carson, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, London, England.
Disappointing after all the glowing reviews  2008-03-14
I bought this book after reading the glowing reviews here on Amazon, and listening to several recorded interviews with Dr. Emmons.
The book is disorganized, choppy, and preachy, in my opinion. It reads like a semester's worth of lectures to undergraduates, slightly massaged to be a book. Very, very disappointing.
Especially, it does not live up to the subtitle: "How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier"--it offers very little in the way of exercises or practices that one can use.
Don't get me wrong; it's worthwhile borrowing this book from the library and reading it, once you get past the choppiness. But it's not worth spending any money on it.
It didn't take a whole book to get the idea  2008-02-23
It's a great idea and the author is very likeable. Much of the book is proving the principle with a lot of research to back it up. Only the last chapter is what you'd call "self-help." Really, a good magazine article would have been sufficient. It wasn't enough info for the money, in my opinion.
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