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10 Science-Backed Ways to Become a Happier Person
A boatload of research offers practical advice you can use to start being happier today.
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How a good night's sleep became the ultimate status symbol
Sleep deprivation used to be a badge of honor: a sign you were busy and important and very much in demand. Snoozing was losing and sleep was for wimps. Now, however, Arianna Huffington’s The Sleep Revolution, a call-to-bed that promises to transform your life, “one night at a time”, is a New York Times bestseller, and Huffington is crisscrossing the country urging people to “sleep their way to the top”. Meanwhile, the sleep industry has woken up big time and a slew of startups are reinventing where...
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Personality Can Change Over A Lifetime, And Usually For The Better
Psychologists have been arguing for decades over whether personality traits are real or a myth. More recent research shows that traits are real, a scientist says, and have a big effect on behavior. By Christopher Soto.
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Frames of Reference
Why Smart People Feel Stupid, Money Buys Happiness, and You Will Never Feel Truly Satisfied. By Ben Kuebrich.
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Tinder: Swiping Self Esteem?
Whether they’re swiping left or swiping right, male users of the popular dating app Tinder appear to have lower levels of self-esteem and all users appear to have more negative perception of body image than those who don’t use the app, according to research presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association. “Tinder users reported having lower levels of satisfaction with their faces and bodies and having lower levels of self-worth than the men and women who did not use Tinder,” said Jessica Strübel, PhD, of the University of North Texas, who presented the research that she co-authored with Trent Petrie, PhD...
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A Harvard psychologist says too many people think about happiness all wrong
Stop trying so hard.
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Study finds young men are playing video games instead of getting jobs
Danny Izquierdo, a 22-year-old who lives with his parents in Silver Spring, Md., has found little satisfaction in a series of part-time, low-wage jobs he's held since graduating from high school. But the video games he plays, including "FIFA 16" and "Rocket League" on PlayStation and Pokemon Go on his smartphone, are a different story. "When I play a game, I know if I have a few hours I will be rewarded," he said. "With a job, it's always been up in the air with the amount of work I put in and the reward."
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18 Times Doggie Day Care Was The Happiest Place On Earth
A room full of dogs, what more could you ask for? By Elaina Wahl.
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What the Aztecs can teach us about happiness and the good life
“Aztec philosophy encourages us to question this received ‘Western’ wisdom about the good life – and to seriously consider the sobering notion that doing something worthwhile is more important than enjoying it.“ By Sebastian Purcell.
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The Sugar Wars
Science can’t prove it and the industry denies it, but Gary Taubes is convinced that the sweet stuff kills.
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One of the biggest VC's in Silicon Valley explains how basic income could fail in America
Y Combinator President Sam Altman says Americans' love affair with work could get in the way of basic income making people any happier.
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A Psychiatrist Who Survived The Holocaust Explains Why Meaningfulness Matters More Than Happiness
"It is the very pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness." In September 1942, Viktor Frankl, a prominent Jewish psychiatrist and neurologist in Vienna, was arrested and transported to a Nazi concentration camp with his wife and parents. Three years later, when his camp was liberated, most of his family, including his pregnant wife, had perished — but he, prisoner number 119104, had lived.
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A healthy work limit is 39 hours per week, study shows
People who work more than 39 hours a week are putting their health at risk. Image credit: Flickr/Buddhike de SilvaPeople who work more than 39 hours a week are putting their health at risk, new
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3 Simple Ways to Create Happiness and Fuel Success (Both at Work and at Home)
Success has different meanings for different people. Some people see success as dominating in the world of business, and others as constant laughter with your loved ones. Though everyone's meaning may be a bit different, one thing is for certain: Happiness fuels success. But many business owners get so wrapped up in the day-to-day that they sometimes forget about happiness. And without happiness, reaching true success can be tough
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'Golden trio' of moves boosts chances of female orgasm, say researchers
The female orgasm has often been described as elusive, but researchers say they might have discovered how to boost the chances of eliciting the yes, yes, yes. A study from a team of US researchers suggests that a combination of genital stimulation, deep kissing and oral sex is the “golden trio” for women when it comes to increasing their likelihood of reaching orgasm with a sexual partner.
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A New, More Rigorous Study Confirms: The More You Use Facebook, the Worse You Feel
Online social interactions are no substitute for the real thing.
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This 75-Year Harvard Study Found the 1 Secret to Leading a Fulfilling Life
Here's some wisdom gleaned from one of the longest longitudinal studies ever conducted.
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A Selfish Argument for Making the World a Better Place – Egoistic Altruism
Why should you care about the well-being of people half a globe away?
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Can You Overdose on Happiness?
It is a good question, but I was a little surprised to see it as the title of a research paper in a medical journal: “How Happy Is Too Happy?”
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Social Pursuits Linked With Increased Life Satisfaction
If you want to give a little boost to your life satisfaction a year from now, you may want to try socially-focused strategies over strategies that involve nonsocial pursuits, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
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