2023/01/11

What's the #1 thing to change to be happier? A top happiness researcher weighs in

 What's the #1 thing to change to be happier? A top happiness researcher weighs in


tl;dr

SHAPIRO: Well, life is obviously very complicated, and your research goes into great detail across a wide range of variables. And given all of that, I was really surprised at how uncomplicated the answer to this central question is. So let's reveal. If people could change one thing in their lives to be happier, what should they choose, according to the data?

WALDINGER: They should invest in their relationships with other people. We found that the strongest predictors of who not just stayed happy but who was healthy as they went through life - the strongest predictors were the warmth and the quality of their relationships with other people.

Todays Thought

 A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. -Abraham Joshua Heschel, rabbi and professor (11 Jan 1907-1972)

2023/01/10

Todays Thought

 A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Still round the corner there may wait, / a new road or a secret gate. -J.R.R. Tolkien, novelist and philologist (3 Jan 1892-1973)

Todays Thought

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.  -Edmund Hillary, mountaineer and explorer (20 Jul 1919-2008)