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Understanding the concept of the self
The importance of living in the present moment
The illusion of control
Attention Determines Happiness
Your happiness is determined by how you allocate your attention. What you attend to drives your behavior and it determines your happiness. Attention is the glue that holds your life together… The scarcity of attentional resources means that you must consider how you can make and facilitate better decisions about what to pay attention to and in what ways. If you are not as happy as you could be, then you must be misallocating your attention… So changing behavior and enhancing happiness is as much about withdrawing attention from the negative as it is about attending to the positive.
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If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.
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The Key Is Attention
Looking at social media for happiness is a bad idea. You won’t find it out there. Sounds cliche, but the research says you need to look inside:
“The problem with FOMO is the individuals it impacts are looking outwa...
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The Famous Fear of Missing Out
You hear about FOMO a lot these days. In fact, the word was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2013.
We constantly live with the feeling that we're missing something and that other people have a way better life
It’s certainly not a good thing. And it leads you to check social m...
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We Fall For Social Media Easily
As Erica Jong once said: “Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.”
Even if we logically know Facebook isn’t an accurate depiction of people’s lives, well, confronting your seeming inadequacy 24/7 against an unachievable false reality can hammer your already vulnerable self-es...
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Try Gratitude
But how do you focus your attention so that you appreciate the real world and don’t turn to Facebook (which is only going to make you feel worse)? What can you pay attention to when life is, frankly, kinda sad or boring?
Well, try gratitude
Look around. What good things might you be ...
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Gratitude Backed By Research
Research shows it works. Mentally subtracting cherished moments from your life makes you appreciate them more, makes you grateful and makes you happier.
"…we found that gratitude, controlling for materialism, uniquely predicts all outcomes considered: higher grade point average, life satisf...
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Facebook And Social Media Don't Make You Happy
People with FOMO tend to check social media more often and are even likelier to use their phone while driving.
Even though we know that the pictures people post on social media are not real, we're still comparing ourselves with them and feel miserable after. Or we try to post something too,...
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The Problem Is Attention
Looking at social media for happiness is a bad idea. You won’t find it out there. Your happiness is determined by how you allocate your attention. What you attend to drives your behavior and it determines your happiness.
Changing behavior and enhancing happiness is as much abo...
Attention Determines Your Direction
The quality of your life is mostly determined by what you pay attention to. But most of what grasps our attention isn't good for us, such as anxiety and anger about things we cannot control.
Like a prudent gardener, you can choose what you let grow in your mind by watching the conv...
Measuring happiness
Academically speaking, happiness cannot be measured. It is really a mix of health, emotions, the way you evaluate your life, and the extent to which you live out your values.
While happiness can't be measured, you can measure life satisfaction by asking questions a...
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