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Four models for well-being
We can generally distinguish between two ways of viewing happiness: The inner or outer focus on happiness and the relation or task focus.
- Happiness arises from good relationships with people you love. It combines the outer and relation foci.
- Happiness comes from a higher consciousness. It combines the inner and relation foci.
- Happiness is from doing what you love. This blends outer and task foci.
- Happiness comes from feeling good combines the inner and task foci.
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Other definitions of happiness
Forty-nine percent of Americans mentions family relationships in their definition of happiness. In comparison, only 22 percent of Portuguese, 18 percent of Mexican, and 10 percent of Argentines consider their families in their definition of happiness.
Western cultures defin...
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Nations don't perceive well-being the same
According to the United Nations, Finland is the happiest people in the world. But, for the World Happiness Report to compare self-reports of happiness, they assume that the world defines happiness in the same way.
Research on how people across the globe perceive happiness...
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Definitions of happiness differ
At first glance, there seem to be commonalities in the ways people experience happiness. A 2016 study found that the most common definition of happiness is "an inner harmony, feeling or attitude."
But inner harmony can mean different things in different places. For example, the Danes de...
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To address the disconnect between happiness and deeper levels of satisfaction, researches proposed a model that characterizes people as falling into one of four well-being types.
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Situations That Lead To Bad Choices
- You expect the worst: We focus only on the negative outcomes without giving attention to the possibility of an unexpected positive outcome.
- You act on impulse: We act quickly, without considering the ramifications of our actions.
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A guide for the remainder of your life
Acceptance of the natural cadence of our abilities allows the shifting of attention to higher spiritual and life priorities.
- Jump: Let go when you have reached your peak accomplishment, perhaps before you are completely ready. You don't necessarily have to quit your...
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