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The capability approach to well being
This approach claims that both personal characteristics and social circumstances affect what people can achieve with a given amount of resources.
What really matters for well-being is what the person manages to do or to be. But well-being is more than that - it also includes freedom.
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Measuring happiness
According to psychologists, happiness and life satisfaction do not coincide. Life satisfaction requires individuals to take a step back to assess their lives while happiness mirrors positive and negative emotions that fluctuate.
Focusing on positive and negative emotions c...
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Choosing how to approach well-being
Two Belgian economists show that different approaches to well-being can have practical consequences. Using average income, average life satisfaction, and average "equivalent income," Danes are more satisfied than they are wealthy while France is the opposite.
For policy purposes, ...
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Valuing well-being as satisfaction
Understanding well-being based on feelings of satisfaction, pleasure, or happiness has two problems.
- The physical-condition neglect. Humans adapt to their circumstances, meaning the poor and sick can still be relatively happy.
- Valuation neglect.
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The preference-based approach to well being
Preference-based perspective is the idea that people are better off when they themselves consider what is important.
Some people think hard work is necessary to have a valuable life while others prefer family or going out with friends.
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Inspiration and well-being
Inspiration increases well-being due to the overall positive affect, purpose and gratitude that inspired people exhibit.
Inspiration is also more strongly related to future than to present satisfaction.
Choosing how to approach well-being
Two Belgian economists show that different approaches to well-being can have practical consequences. Using average income, average life satisfaction, and average "equivalent income," Danes are more satisfied than they are wealthy while France is the opposite.
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How to build well-being into your being
Sometimes you're really not all right. Maybe something terrible has happened, or your mind is upset.
Do what you can to ride out the storm. But as soon as possible, notice that the core of you is OK. Settling into this basic sense of okayness is a powerful way to build we...
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