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What’s the single most reliable method for increasing happiness ASAP?
bsp; Do something nice for someone else. The founder of positive psychology, University of Pennsylvania professor Martin Seligman, explains in his latest book, Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being: ...we scientists have found that doing a kindness produces the single most reliable momentary increase in well-being of any exercise we have tested. Join 25K+ readers. Get a free weekly update via email here. Related posts: 10 things you need to know to be happier 8 ways that money can…
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The most proven technique for increasing long term happiness
is technique has been proven again and again and again. Here it is, explained by its originator, University of Pennsylvania professor Martin Seligman. Via Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being: Every night for the next week, set aside ten minutes before you go to sleep. Write down three things that went well today and why they went well. You may use a journal or your computer to write about the events, but it is important that you…
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How can you buy happiness?
bsp; Michael Norton is a professor at Harvard. His book is Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending. Join 25K+ readers. Get a free weekly update via email here. Related posts: What are seven things that can make you happier in seven seconds? 10 things you need to know to be happier 8 ways that money can buy happiness
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What 5 things can you do to increase happiness?
a Martin Seligman's book, Authentic Happiness. Here's what to consider doing: Live in a wealthy democracy, not in an impoverished dictatorship (a strong effect) Get married (a robust effect, but perhaps not causal) Avoid negative events and negative emotion (only a moderate effect) Acquire a rich social network (a robust effect, but perhaps not causal) Get religion (a moderate effect) And here's what you don't need to worry about: Make more money (money has little or no effect once you…
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What can the World Happiness Report teach us about feeling better?
bsp; Via Columbia University: Happier countries tend to be richer countries. But more important for happiness than income are social factors like the strength of social support, the absence of corruption and the degree of personal freedom. Over time as living standards have risen, happiness has increased in some countries, but not in others (like for example, the United States). On average, the world has become a little happier in the last 30 years (by 0.14 times the standard deviation…
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Too Much Happiness Can Be A Very Bad Thing
a The Washington Post, highlights by the always-thought-provoking Mr. Robin Hanson: Very high levels of positive feelings predict risk-taking behaviors, excess alcohol and drug consumption, binge eating, and may lead us to neglect threats. Those who early in their lives reported the highest life satisfaction (for example, judging it at 5 on a 5-point scale) years later reported lower income than those who felt slightly less merry when young. What’s more, they dropped out of school earlier. A group of…
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This is what is most responsible for your happiness
's the little things. Very happy people don't experience more happy events than less happy people. It's more about perspective and how depression-prone you are -- and getting enough sleep helps too. Via 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior: Ed Diener and Martin Seligman screened over 200 undergraduates for levels of happiness, and compared the upper 10% (the “extremely happy”) with the middle and bottom 10%. Extremely happy students experienced no greater number of…
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Quick little things you can do to increase long term happiness
rvard happiness expert and author of "The Happiness Advantage", Shawn Achor gives some science based tips for increasing well-being. Via CNN: In The Happiness Advantage, I challenge readers to do one brief positive exercise every day for 21 days. Only through behavioral change can information become transformation. • Write down three new things you are grateful for each day; • Write for two minutes a day describing one positive experience you had over the past 24 hours; • Exercise for…
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