Happiness Article Summary The article I read and am about to summarize is about happiness and how you can become happier. Many people believe simply finding the right partner‚ achieving success professionally‚ or acquiring wealth can achieve happiness. In contrast‚ many others believe there are many factors contributing to an individual’s happiness. Scientists have tried to answer questions about happiness such as does it favor a certain age or sex‚ or does is come with satisfying close relationships
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than happiness because of their ability to obtain new possessions. Giving is better than receiving is a commonly used phrase that shows the generosity among different people; however‚ when it used as an argument debating happiness‚ it is proven to be too vague to fit the modern day definition. A recent study by Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton explains that the “most satisfying way of using money is to invest in others…donating to a charity…buying lunch for a friend” (Can Money Buy Happiness?). Their
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“Happiness depends on ourselves‚” according to Aristotle. Aristotle preserves happiness as a central purpose of human life and a goal in itself. He dedicated most of his work to the topic of happiness‚ more than any philosopher prior to the modern era. Aristotle was convinced that a genuinely happy life required the fulfillment of a broad range of conditions‚ including physical as well as mental well-being. In this way he introduced the idea of a science of happiness in the classical sense‚ in terms
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which contribute to unhappiness. Both authors concur that two factors that might escort people to satisfaction are relationships and personality. Myers mentions that a correlation‚ such as need to belong‚ marriage‚ and a friend‚ lead people to happiness since humans share their feelings with each other even if it is negative feelings. As a result‚ they keep the stress out and don’t suffer from loneliness because they facilitate each other to cope with any problem that might face them. Also‚ he claims
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This is the practical part of this series on happiness. It’s quite long‚ and not necessary to read through it all. The only essential part is “The Happiness Formula” – after that feel free to bookmark or skim‚ if you prefer not to read the whole thing. This article is different to the other “how to be happier” articles I found on the internet. The other stuff seemed to be more inspirational and uplifting rather than practical. I found advice like ‘smile more’‚ ‘be myself’‚ and ‘get a cat’. This article
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Money Money doesn’t buy happiness but it helps. Money has become one of the main things in our modern life. Some people live their lives to earn money. They work hard‚ trying to earn as much money as they can. Some of them become crazy about it and lose their dignity hunting money. They don’t appreciate such important things as family‚ friendship‚ love and other feelings. Such people become greedy‚ they spend their lives in loneliness. I don’t deny that money influences our life a lot. As W
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The results are in: money can buy happiness‚ but it doesn’t come cheap. Not only that‚ the amount of happiness your money can buy can be measured. I know this runs contrary to everything we’ve ever heard since childhood about money"It can’t buy happiness‚ it can’t buy health‚ and it can’t buy love." But the facts don’t support this. First‚ according to surveys‚ the rich are more optimistic about their lives. Optimism is a major factor in happiness. Second‚ medical evidence shows those with
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Happiness Project According to Shawn we can reprogram our brains to become more positive in order to gain a competitive edge at work and create more success‚ happiness and reward in our lives. The three greatest predictors of happiness are optimism (the belief your behavior will eventually matter)‚ social connection‚ and how we perceive stress (as a challenge or as a threat). If we want to raise happiness we need to make both mindset and behavior shifts. The five key steps that we can take each
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Technology and happiness Technology has changed our lives but has it made our lives any better? Some believe technology makes people happier because‚ people want to upgrade their electronics to new‚ more efficient pieces of equipment. The question is rather or not this new advances technology leads to happiness. Technology has created some wonders. We have walked the moon‚ made aviation‚ land‚ water‚ and rail transport possible and we have broken the sound barrier. People have been progressing for
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Can money buy you happiness? The general belief is that the rich tend to pamper their children by buying them all sorts of “toys”‚ while the poorer children do not do this because they cannot afford to. It is usually presented in stories- especially in movies - that rich children are bad while those from poorer families struggle all their lives. Consequently it may be believed that children from rich families are happier than those from poorer ones. This may be the case in some instances‚ but is
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