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Real Happiness
- Social beings with a great network are exponentially happier than lonely people.
- The intensity of one’s positive experience is not as important as their frequency.
- Small things of joy, like wearing comfortable shoes, giving a lovely kiss to your wife, sneakingly eating som...
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- People in good romantic relationships are happier than loners.
- Healthy people are happier than those who are sick.
- Religious people are happier than atheists.
- Rich people are happier than the poor.
- A new house, a new car, or even a new spouse only provide...
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The debate about how material belongings can get in the way of our happiness dates back hundreds of years:
- The Buddha talked about a balance between asceticism and pleasure.
- Early Christian monasticism preached spiritual transformation through simple living.
- Philoso...
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- They don't hold on to grudges. Forgiving and forgetting is absolutely necessary.
- They don't make excuses. They use failure as an opportunity to change for the better.
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- Let go of the need for specific outcomes
- Define your own success and happiness
- Fully commit to the things that make you happy
- Be grateful for what you already have
- Say “I ...
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