Can You Choose Happiness? Every morning when you wake up‚ you tell yourself that you will be happy‚ but is that a choice within your power? Is happiness a choice that you can make‚ or are some people destined to find happiness and others doomed to be unhappy? In his TED talk‚ “Happy Maps‚” Daniele Querica‚ a researcher for Yahoo! Labs‚ claims that through an application that he created‚ users will be able to choose to be happy on a daily basis. Querica’s application is a mapping system that functions
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The definition of what it means to truly obtain and achieve happiness in life has been explored by hundreds of philosophers over the decades. In spite of this being the case for the subject‚ not one of these philosophers have found an exact answer to such a question. One cannot measure happiness and its capacity. As a result of this‚ people have no choice but to determine their own judgement of what happiness is to them. This judgement can easily be affected by an individual’s situation and the problems
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that “money can buy happiness”‚ but whether that is true or not depends on how we look at it. This paper discusses to what extent that money can bring happiness to one and how such effects will change after earning a certain level of income. The rich views a rise of their income as insignificant contribution to their happiness because their spending power rises together with their income. The poor views a rise of income as a means to escape poverty hence feeling a rise in happiness level. Despite earning
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Introduction This paper mainly focuses on Chinese happiness index and its influencing factors analysis. There are many things we are eager to get‚ such as freedom‚ money‚ promising job‚ reputation‚ etc. However‚ we do not pursuit these things themselves‚ what we want is the improvement of happiness. Those things have value only when they directly or indirectly promote the feeling of happiness. Gross national happiness (GNH) is an indicator that measures quality of life or social development in
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to Deeper Happiness Is Simpler Than You Might Think” by Ginny Graves (2017) and “Happiness Is Other People” by Ruth Whippman (2017)‚ both authors acknowledged that the source of happiness is important. Graves delivered her stand objectively and professionally‚ explaining that the source of happiness should come naturally by pursuing activities that coincide with one’s values and comes within oneself. In contrast‚ Whippman was overreacting and informal in her explanation that happiness from within
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is Happiness in Our Lives? There are many occurrences in life where we come across happiness. In this paper‚ I will relate Greek philosopher Aristotle’s words in his book Nicomachean Ethics‚ to the idea of happiness and his contrast of happiness and pleasure. Happiness is defined by Merriam-Webster as “a state of well-being and contentment; a pleasurable or satisfying experience” (Merriam-Webster). However‚ there is much more to understand about the bigger picture and full idea of happiness. Happiness
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In regards to the concept of happiness‚ Barry Shwartz writes that while it is a positive to have happiness as a byproduct of living. However‚ for happiness to be the ultimate objective of living is “a recipe of disaster.” This is in contrast with the beliefs of Robert Puff in his article “Why Pursuing Happiness Is The Greatest Goal.” Puff writes‚ “If happiness is what we pursue and only what we pursue‚ then what will happen is that we’ll end up being happy‚ if we also have good direction.” As I examine
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assess the proposition that happiness is something which can be‚ and ought to be‚ taught. There is no one definition of happiness‚ however philosophy and psychology have long been interested in this phenomenon as well as how to enhance it. Sometimes these two disciplines came up with propositions how to be happy. As an example Epicurus (342–270 BCE) begun hedonistic approach referring to maximization of pleasure (Seligman‚ 2002). Later on Aristotle said that “happiness is the meaning and the purpose
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Money cannot buy happiness. What are your views? From my point of view‚ happiness does not always increase in direct ratio to the rise of money. Happiness is an emotional state-of-mind. Different people’s happiness may vary as their expectations may affect their level of happiness. For example‚ a child can be easily contented by receiving a toy as a gift. Whereas‚ an adult may need a bigger trigger‚ such as a job promotion‚ to make him feel happy. Happiness can be gained through relationships‚
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perception of happiness. According to happiness researchers Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton money can be very influential to people’s happiness (Cass R. Sunstein‚ 549). In itself money can not provide them with happiness‚ but money presents them with endless opportunities to experience happiness. Money provides an outlet out of their monotonous everyday lives. The American work ethic has traditionally been the catalyst for American success and happiness. Many‚ however believe that happiness can be acquired
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