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Money, Work And Happiness
A study by Harvard showed that income doesn't relate to happiness. Money cannot buy happiness but it can buffer stress!
Social interactions that don't aquire that much money are better than high cost social interactions.
Happiness is also not generated by working to gain money, but meaningful work surely makes us happy.
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The Components Of Connection
Presence & eye contact: We take turns when talking, we share information and look at each other. This makes our attention peak. When we look away, our attention decreases again. Therefore, social interaction is a series of focusing on and off, of ramping ...
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Decision Making And Happiness
- An ongoing set of choices decreases happiness. Less choices are better.
- When we are forced to stick to the choices, we are happier than if we were able change them (this can be explained with Leon Fes...
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Some Facts About Happiness
Happiness is hard to put into words, but science has uncovered some interesting facts about it. Here are a few to keep in mind:
- Language cannot fully capture the feeling of happiness, so just enjoy it when you feel it.
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Happiness And Special Conditions
- People who opt to have no children are happier or as happy as people who have children (which might be the case because they have more time for themselves etc.).
- Smokers, people that are in a smoking ...
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Types Of Happiness
Natural happiness: It requires no effort, as it is the case when receiving a gift.
Synthesized happiness: It requires some special effort.
This shows us that our environment ca...
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Social Connections
Social interactions and connections are essential for happiness.
- Seeing faces, even with no talking, gives us a sense of connection; daily interactions help us stay present and happy.
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The Happiness Toolkit - Summary
- No single chemical is associated with happiness.
- Meaning and connection are important.
- Be present and fully focused. The ability to attend and focus equates to happine...
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Dr. Andrew Huberman shares a toolkit for increasing happiness and talks about the science of happiness.
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Spending money on others increases happiness
A new study involving 788 participants showed that those who donated money were happier than people who kept the money for themselves. Those people who opted for prosocial rather than personal spending were most happy when this decision was made for them.
But those who changed from keeping...
Get some more money during the current pandemic
While handling this home- staying situation, you might find it useful to try increasing your income by working in the delivery industry. There are many companies that are searching for people to deliver their products to the different customers . Not only will you get the chance to gain some more...
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