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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 can be modified to increase our happiness:
- It can be modified using plants, windows, music etc.
- Music with uptones can increase happiness.
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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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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.
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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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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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Happiness
Happiness and satisfaction are subjective concepts – while for some of us monetary benefits can be equated with job satisfaction, some might strive for recognition of their hard-work and lose motivation on failing to achieve so.
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Psychological immune system & Synthetic happiness
- Natural happiness - what we get when we get what we wanted.
- Synthetic happiness - what we make when we don't get what we wanted. It is as real & enduring as natural happiness because our psychological immune system works best when we are stuck.
Happiness: the sum of positive emotions
Even if you cannot change your broader environment, you can still do small things to create positive emotions.
- You can put pictures that trigger pleasant memories in your home where you pass often.
- Research shows that having green plants around is good.
- Cutting down...
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