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Design your life for happiness with Elizabeth Dunn

The TED Interview

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The Effects of Smartphones on Satisfaction

People with phones out themselves declared less happiness in the meal, even than those who were a kind of, you know, stuck with other boring, familiar friends and whatever. And again, that seems to stem from this, like, slight bit of of distraction. So where you're just not completely fully engaging. This study has changed my behaviour, im ihave really tried to commit,. i'm not perfect at this, but i've tried to commit toin, you know, important social situations where we're spending time with people we really care about, trying trying to put my phone away....

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