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Understanding the importance of decision-making
Identifying biases that affect decision-making
Analyzing the potential outcomes of a decision
Remember the good
In order to be happy, you must first train your brain to perceive the good that happens to you.
One way to do this is by writing down three good experiences you live on a daily basis: appreciation comes from within, just like happiness.
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Social comparison
While comparing yourself to others might not be extremely helpful, comparing yourself to people who are in a less good position than you might actually lead to you feeling better.
So, if you really feel this need, try not comparing yourself but to the ones in an inferior position.
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Give yourself a story you can live with
Whenever you feel like not being able to escape a state of unhappiness, try practicing the so-called retrospective judgment, which will enable you to reinterpret the events lived in order to find what was good in them.
Practicing story-telling when it comes to your life can prove very usef...
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Educate your mind to stop being unhappy
Professions like the ones in accounting and law develop a sense of pessimism in the individuals practicing them. However, being obsessed with prudence at work and continue being like this at home is not quite the same thing.
Furthermore, training your mind to stop being focused on finding...
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Ways To Be Happy
- Writing is therapy, and listing out what we are grateful for, on a daily basis amplifies our happiness about the good things in our lives.
- Eating healthy and unprocessed food, like fruits and vegetables makes our body and mind happy.
- Nature is pure delight, and even being ...
There is a limit to happiness
Whoever believes that happiness knows no bound is in for a big surprise: happiness, like everything in this world, knows limits and very often we perceive this fact maybe just a bit too harsh.
In order to enjoy life and to get to feel happy, as much as it is possible, one should fir...
A list of positives
- The best way to kickstart this is to start makind a daily list of the good things in your life.
- Just as it takes days of concentrated practice to master a video game, training your brain to notice more opportunities takes practice focusing on the positive.
- Ov...
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