More Happiness Research (The Pursuit Of Happiness & Happiness Breeds Success)

Here are 2 articles for those Dan Gilbert fans.

Article 1: The Pursuit Of Happiness (Click Here To Access The Article)

Welcome to the happiness frenzy, now peaking at a Barnes & Noble near you: In 2008 4,000 books were published on happiness, while a mere 50 books on the topic were released in 2000. The most popular class at Harvard University is about positive psychology, and at least 100 other universities offer similar courses. Happiness workshops for the post-collegiate set abound, and each day “life coaches” promising bliss to potential clients hang out their shingles.

Principlies:

Some People Are Born Happy

Getting What You Want Doesn’t Bring Lasting Happiness

Pain Is A Part Of Happiness

Mindfulness Brings Happiness

Happiness Lies In The Chase

Some Money Buys Happiness

Happiness Is Relative

Options Make Us Miserable

Happiness Is Other People

Happiness Depends On Time Frame

You Are Wrong About What Will Make You Happy & What Made You Happy

Happiness Is Living Your Values

Article 2:  Happiness Breeds Success (Click Here To Read The Article)

The evidence, for example, demonstrates that people who have jobs distinguished by autonomy, meaning and variety – and who show superior performance, creativity, and productivity – are significantly happier than those who don’t. Supervisors are happier than those lower on the totem pole, and leaders who receive high ratings from their customers are happier than those with poor ratings. And, of course, the income that a job provides is also associated with happiness, though we now all know that money has more of an impact when we have less of it.

Why does our work make us happy? Because it provides us a sense of identity, structure to our days, and important and meaningful life goals to pursue. Perhaps even more important, it furnishes us with close colleagues, friends and even marriage partners.