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Entrepreneur Are Busy But Happy :)

Entrepreneur Are Busy But Happy :)

There's a common perception that entrepreneurs and small business owners are overworked and stressed out. Both of those things can be true on occasion.

At the same time,

  • 94% of small business owners say they are happy with their lives, and
  • 81% attribute this happiness to their entrepreneurship.

The reason for this may be that entrepreneurship stokes a type of happiness called "eudaimonic happiness".

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Different Parts Of The Brain Are Affected

  1. Interestingly, cues of hedonic and eudaimonic happiness seem to stimulate different parts of the brain.
  2. In a 2019 study, researchers found that subjects in an fMRI brain scanner cued with hedonic events "showed enhanced activity in frontal medial/middle regions and anterior ci...

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2 Concepts Of Happiness

There are two popular conceptions of happiness in psychology, hedonic and eudaimonic.

  • You experience hedonic happiness through pleasure and enjoyment, like when scarfing down your favorite dessert, watching your beloved sports team win a big g...

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Eudaimonic Pursuits Give Sustained Feeling Of Well-Being

Eudaimonic Pursuits Give Sustained Feeling Of Well-Being

  1. Both eudaimonic and hedonic happiness contribute to overall life satisfaction, but eudaimonic seems to provide a far more sustained effect.
  2. That's because hedonic forms of happiness tend to provide only fleeting...

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Having A Meaningful Pursuit Is Good For The Immune System

Having A Meaningful Pursuit Is Good For The Immune System

  1. Another fascinating physiological difference between eudaimonic and hedonic happiness may arise in the immune system.
  2. In a 2013 study published to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, subjects who characterized their lives as having “a sense of d...

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  1. Another fascinating physiological difference between eudaimonic and hedonic happiness may arise in the immune system.
  2. In a 2013 study published to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, subjects who characterized their lives as having “a sense of d...

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Eudaimonic Pursuits Give Sustained Feeling Of Well-Being

Both eudaimonic and hedonic happiness contribute to overall life satisfaction, but eudaimonic seems to provide a far more sustained effect.

That's because hedonic forms of happiness tend to provide only fleeting bursts...

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Hedonic Happiness Requires Repetition & More Stimulating Trigger

Hedonic Happiness Requires Repetition & More Stimulating Trigger

  1. Again, all this isn't to say that hedonic happiness is worthless.
  2. For a quick, mood-boosting pick-me-up, partying with friends or playing hours of mindless video games is fantastic.
  3. On the other hand, basing one's wellbeing purely around hedonic happiness

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dymphna

Lawyer turned Artist Visionary Curator & Gallerist. Empowering self-love and joy through art & words. www.innerjoyart.com 💝 Instagram : dymphna.art

These are important to me as I resonate so much with eudaimonic concept of happiness. :)

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