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10 Things Science Says
Will Make You
HAPPY
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What makes us happy?
In the last few
psychologists and researcherbeen digging up hard data on a q
previously left to philoso
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e the father-son team Ed Diener and Robert
gist Sonja Lyubomirsky, and ethicist Stephen
the world to find out how things like money,h, altruism, and our day-to-day habits affect
Here are 10 scientifically proven
strategies for happiness.
The emerging field of positive psychology
is bursting with new findings that suggest
your actions can have a significant effect on
your happiness and satisfaction with life.
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Savor Everyday Moments.1
Pause now and then to smell a
rose or watch children at play.
Study participants who took timeto savor ordinary events that
they normally hurried through, or
to think back on pleasant
moments from their day,showed significant increases in
happiness and reductions in
depression, says psychologist
Sonja Lyubomirsky.
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Avoid Comparisons.2
Comparing ourselves
with others can be
damaging to happiness
and self-esteem.
Instead of comparing
ourselves to others,
focusing on our ownpersonal achievement
leads to greater
satisfaction.
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Put Money Low on the List.3
People who put money high
on their priority list are more
at risk for depression,
anxiety, and low self-esteem,
according to researchers Tim
Kasser and Richard Ryan.
The more we seek
satisfactions in materialgoods, the less we find them
there, Ryan says. The
satisfaction has a short half-
lifeits very fleeting.
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Have Meaningful Goals.4
People who strive for
something significant,
whether its learning a newcraft or raising moral children,
are far happier than those
who dont have strong
dreams or aspirations, say
Ed Diener and RobertBiswas-Diener. As humans,
we actually require a sense of
meaning to thrive.
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Take Initiative at Work.5
How happy you are at work
depends in part on how muchinitiative you take. Researcher
Amy Wrzesniewski says that
when we express creativity,
help others, suggest
improvements, or do additionaltasks on the job, we make our
work more rewarding and feel
more in control.
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Make Friends, Treasure Family.6
Happier people tend to
have good families,
friends, and supportiverelationships, say Diener
and Biswas-Diener. But its
not enough to be the life of
the party if youre
surrounded by shallow
acquaintances.
We dont just need relationships, we need close ones that
involve understanding and caring.
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Smile Even When You Dont Feel Like I7
It sounds simple, but it works.
Happy people see
possibilities, opportunities, andsuccess. When they think of the
future, they are optimistic, and
when they review the past, they
tend to savor the high points,
say Diener and Biswas-Diener.Even if you werent born
optimistic, with practice, a
positive outlook can become a
habit.
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Say Thank You Like You Mean It.8
People who keep gratitude
journals on a weekly basis are
healthier, more optimistic, and
more likely to make progresstoward achieving personal
goals, according to author
Robert Emmons. Research by
Martin Seligman revealed that
people who write gratitudeletters to someone who made
a difference in their lives score
higher on happiness, and
lower on depressionand the
effect lasts for weeks.
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Get Out and Exercise.9
A Duke University study shows
that exercise may be just as
effective as drugs in treatingdepression, without all the side
effects and expense. Other
research shows that in addition
to health benefits, regular
exercise offers a sense ofaccomplishment and opportunity
for social interaction, releases
feel-good endorphins, and
boosts self-esteem.
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Give It Away.10
Make altruism and giving part of your life, and be purposeful about it.
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Researcher Stephen Post says
helping a neighbor, volunteering, or
donating goods and services resultsin a helpers high, and you get
health benefits as well. Listening to a
friend, passing on your skills,
celebrating others successes, and
forgiveness also contribute to
happiness, he says. Researcher
Elizabeth Dunn found that those who
spend money on others reported
much greater happiness than those
who spend it on themselves.
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