Selfishness prevents happiness

It is naive to think that we will become happy if we continue being controlled by our selfish nature. Competition and achievement for personal gain do not lead to happiness.

Encourage close bonds of unity and love, as happiness lies therein.

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The Ideal Framework for a Happy Existence

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A Key Factor in Well-Being: Others’ Apparent Wealth

Money may not lead to happiness, but according to a new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Michael Kraus, our perceived wealth and status relative to others does affect how happy we are.

insights.som.yale.edu

The Apparent Wealth Of Other People

Money cannot buy happiness, but there is a new kind of association found between money and our perception towards it: comparison with other people's wealth.

Money by it...

Wealth Is Relative

Conventional wisdom states that relationships and experiences produce happiness, not just money. This thought process, prevalent for decades, is busted by new research, which says that happiness is dependent upon what we think we have as compared to others, and not how much they have.

Happiness, success and wealth are not individualistic or personal, but is a broader, collective pursuit based on our own perception for other people.

Vihaan Das

@vihadas

Positive Psychology Takes a New Look at Happiness

In the newest version of positive psychology, your own personal happiness is just one part of the formula for understanding your overall sense of well-being.

psychologytoday.com

Positive Psychology's New Approach

Due to its fleeting and fickle nature, our levels of happiness cannot be gauged, measured or rated accurately.
While earlier psychology focused on the bad apples,...

Four Types of Well-Being

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.

Optimizing one’s positive emotions, and denying the reality of their negative experiences.
Feeling unhappy seeing the complexity of the world around them, and neglecting the positive aspects.
Having a generally negative view of themselves and the world.
Having a generally positive and empathetic view of the world.

The Real Meaning Of Happiness

Being happy means more than feeling good. True happiness comes from handling challenging and adverse situations, while collaborating and building lifelong bonds with the people in our lives.

A collective thinking process, where the good of all is considered leads to a level of happiness that cannot be attained by being selfish or self-concerned.

Brianna Simons

@brianna2x

21 Habits Of Supremely Happy People

Martin Seligman, the father of positive psychology, theorizes that while 60 percent of happiness is determined by our genetics and environment, the remaining 40 percent is up to us.

huffpost.com

3 kinds of happy lives

The pleasant life: you fill your life with as many pleasures as you can. This has hardly any contribution to lasting fulfilment.
The life of engagement, where y...

Habits Of Supremely Happy People

They surround themselves with other happy people.
They cultivate resilience.
They appreciate simple pleasures.
They devote some of their time to giving.
They get immersed in activities that bring joy.
They nix the small talk for deeper conversations.
They make a point to listen.
They look on the bright side.
They make exercise a priority.
They listen to good music.
They spend time in nature.
They laugh a lot.

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