World Economic Forum
Is this Japanese concept the secret to a long, happy, meaningful life?
What’s your reason for getting up in the morning? Just trying to answer such a big question might make you want to …
HappinessHappiness
What's happiness? Explore our curated articles to learn about happiness in life and at work, the factors that make us happy, and what the research says about the link between happiness and wealth.
The New York Times
Want to Be Happy? Buy More Takeout and Hire a Maid, Study Suggests
It’s a question central to daily life: Do you spend money to save time or spend time to save money? Well, if happiness …
HappinessThe Atlantic
How to Buy Happiness
“There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money,” a character proclaims gloomily in Antigone, but …
HappinessHarvard Business Review
Does Work Make You Happy? Evidence from the World Happiness Report
Being self-employed has a multifaceted relationship with wellbeing. When we look at global averages, we see that …
Happiness WorkBBC
Happiness report: Norway is the happiest place on Earth
The World Happiness Report measures “subjective well-being” - how happy the people are, and why. Denmark, …
HappinessThe Guardian
The cult of compulsory happiness is ruining our workplaces
Some companies strive to make the office fun, so we’ll work harder. But forced positivity has a negative side.
Happiness WorkThe Guardian
Reasons to be cheerful: how putting other people first will make you happy
Struggling with motivation? Then stop being so selfish.
HappinessThe New York Times
Marie Kondo: How to Choose Happiness
Though it sometimes may seem like our things are threatening to take over our world, we can focus our energy and …
HappinessTED
What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness
What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it’s fame and money, you’re not alone – but, …
Happiness Life VideoQuartz
Americans are spending a fortune on finding happiness—and becoming less happy in the process
A series of studies carried out by psychologists at the UC Berkeley showed that paradoxically, the more intensely people …
HappinessBig Think
Want Happiness? Buy Experiences, Not Things, Says a Cornell Psychologist
Psychology Professor Thomas Gilovich from Cornell University has made four studies on the subject over decades and came to …
HappinessBig Think
How Little Can You Own and Still Be Really Happy?
But what if you just stopped wanting things? You might find yourself living a life that’s much richer in experiences …
Happiness MinimalismThe Guardian
Money can't buy happiness? That's just wishful thinking
A new study shows that people with more money tend to be less lonely. We shouldn’t be surprised – the link between …
HappinessThe Atlantic
Why So Many Smart People Aren't Happy
It’s a paradox: Shouldn’t the most accomplished be well equipped to make choices that maximize life satisfaction? …
HappinessQuartz
This four-letter word is the Swedish key to happiness at work
Can short coffee breaks spell the difference between loving and hating work? In Sweden, where workers are among the least …
Happiness80,000 Hours
Everything you need to know about whether money makes you happy
It’s a cliche that “you can’t buy happiness”, but at the same time, financial security is among most …
HappinessMedium
Happiness Hack: This One Ritual Made Me Much Happier
Unfortunately, the less time we invest in people, the easier it is to make do without them, until one day it becomes too …
HappinessThe Atlantic
Happiness Doesn't Help You Live Longer
A new study of hundreds of thousands of women finds no difference in mortality between the happy and the unhappy.
HappinessThe Atlantic
What Makes Us Happy?
Is there a formula—some mix of love, work, and psychological adaptation—for a good life? For 72 years, researchers at Harvard …
HappinessMedium
Hacking happiness into the daily commute
Commuting, for those of us who must do it every day, is generally not an experience to be relished. The hours lost in a …
Commuting HappinessThe Atlantic
There's More To Life Than Being Happy
Meaning comes from the pursuit of more complex things than happiness.
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