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The Simple Thing That Makes The Happiest People In The World So Happy
search has found about 9 zillion things you can do to increase happiness. Of course, you're probably not doing any of them. To be fair, most people don't really do much to deliberately make their lives happier. Via 100 Simple Secrets of the Best Half of Life: Researchers found that the majority of the subjects they studied were not able to identify anything they had done recently to try to increase their happiness or life satisfaction. So you want to start?…
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How To Raise Happy Kids – 10 Steps Backed By Science
hen you ask parents what they want for their kids, what's usually the most common reply? They want their children to be happy. Via Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents: ...the well-being of children is more important to adults than just about anything else--health care,…
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20 Simple Secrets Of Happy Families – All Backed By Science
bsp; Where You Live Matters Via 100 Simple Secrets of Happy Families: People who are highly satisfied with their neighborhood are 25 percent more likely to be highly satisfied with their family life. -Toth, Brown, and Xu 2002 Open Communication Is A Must Via 100 Simple Secrets of Happy Families: The less open the communication between adults and children, the more pessimistic the children are likely to be and the less likely the children are to feel secure in their family relationship.…
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4 Books That Will Make You Happy And Successful
at is the good life? That's the primary question I'm trying to answer with this blog. Shortcuts and lifehacks are great. Surprising trivia is nice. But how can we really live great lives? I don't have time for much less. And I don't like corny fluff. I want answers backed by research, expertise or deep insight. Here are four books that really helped me. And I think they'll help you too. Find Direction In Life What is it? Clayton…
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How To Get Happy RIGHT NOW: 7 Quick Ways To Feel Better
theory here. No nightly exercises for months. You're feeling sad or angry. How do you get happy fast? Sex, Exercise, Socialize When researchers survey 5000 people from 83 countries, what do they learn about happiness? We’re happiest when we’re having sex, exercising, or socializing. Via Engineering Happiness: A New Approach for Building a Joyful Life: Using smart phones, Matthew A. Killingsworth and Daniel T. Gilbert of Harvard University collected a large sample of experiences and associated happiness. They also…
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Recipe For A Happy Marriage: The 7 Scientific Secrets
w York Times writer Tara Parker-Pope pulled together the science behind nuptial bliss in her book For Better. Here's the seven point recipe for a happy marriage that she spells out: 1) Celebrate Good News Turns out divorce isn't as much about increased negative things as it is about decreased positive things. Via For Better: How the Surprising Science of Happy Couples Can Help Your Marriage Succeed: “We’ve found that the positives are more and more important,” says Howard Markman,…
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How To Have A Happy Family – 7 Tips Backed By Research
Having Dinner Together Matters Kids who have dinner with their families do better across pretty much every conceivable metric. Via The Secrets of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Rethink Family Dinner, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play, and Much More: A recent wave of research shows that children who eat dinner with their families are less likely to drink, smoke, do drugs, get pregnant, commit suicide, and develop eating disorders. Additional research found that children who enjoy family meals have…
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How To Live A Happy Life: Louis CK Explains The Science
s, this guy knows the secret to happiness. You've probably already seen the following video. It got about 7 gazillion views and for good reason -- it's very funny. It also sums up what the research says is the most powerful (and easy) way to become happier. Louis CK? Scientific research? Jokes about rotary phones? Huh? Buckle in, I'll explain. "Everything is amazing right now and nobody's happy." Louis CK says that, then he drives it home with this…
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