What is the Best Predictor of Unhappiness?
jeudi 30 juillet 2015 à 21:50liens
long commutes!! très intéressant
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Money improves happiness only to a point, although you can get more happiness per dollar by spending money on experiences instead of possessions, spending on others, and buying many small pleasures instead of a few big ones.
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Crucial to happiness, more than a checklist of factors correlated with happiness, Vaillant argues, is responding in a healthy way to life’s inevitable setbacks. How does an individual respond to a tragedy like a divorce, death of a friend, or professional setback? Do they cope through aggression? Repression? Altruism? The answer will greatly determine an individual’s ultimate well-being and happiness.
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long commutes!! très intéressant
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Money improves happiness only to a point, although you can get more happiness per dollar by spending money on experiences instead of possessions, spending on others, and buying many small pleasures instead of a few big ones.
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Crucial to happiness, more than a checklist of factors correlated with happiness, Vaillant argues, is responding in a healthy way to life’s inevitable setbacks. How does an individual respond to a tragedy like a divorce, death of a friend, or professional setback? Do they cope through aggression? Repression? Altruism? The answer will greatly determine an individual’s ultimate well-being and happiness.
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