Tag: happiness
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Money can buy you happiness – if you spend it on others: study
CBC News: Money can buy you happiness – if you spend it on others: study People are happier when they spend money on others than when they spend it on themselves, a new study by researchers in Canada and the United States suggests. "Our results suggest that how people spend their money is at least…
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Poor and happy?
Dani Rodrik's weblog: Poor and happy? In economics we think that happiness increases with lifetime wealth, albeit at a decreasing rate. But recent research on happiness fails to show a steep gradient between incomes and self-reported life satisfaction. But this work has typically focused on rich countries. In a recent paper, Angus Deaton uses Gallup…
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Actually, happiness isn’t within
Christian Science Monitor: Actually, happiness isn't within Some cultures are simply better at producing happy citizens than others. A new year is upon us, and the self-help industrial complex is in full swing, pestering us to slim down, bulk up, become a new you, a better you, a happier you. Yes, it's all about you.…
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Stepping off the treadmill
Free Exchange: Stepping off the treadmill IN response to the question "What have you changed your mind about?", Princeton psychologist and economics Nobelist Daniel Kahneman mentions the "aspiration treadmill", the idea that we simply readjust our expectations upward once we have reached a certain level of success. This would help explain why people who have…
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A brief history of time
Free Exchange: A brief history of time …Of course, most people would like to reach an ideal state where they can enjoy past moderation in tandem with present indulgence: being thin and rich while simultaneously eating, drinking and spending one's head off. It is with just such a picture . . . dressed to the…
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Monks, Not McMansions, May Hold the Key to Happiness
Washington Post: Monks, Not McMansions, May Hold the Key to Happiness More important, he went on to say, the psychology literature and surveys clearly show that not all happiness is ephemeral and geared to endlessly moving targets. With nonmaterial things, the target does not move. "Exercise will absolutely make you feel better. Your social network,…
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Sanctification Through Community (Emergent, Part 6)
Years ago, I heard a speaker tell of an epiphany about her husband. She said one of the things she found attractive about her husband when they were dating was how attentive he was too little details. Not that this should have been surprising. He was a very successful accountant. One night, years after they…