8: Happiness
Richard Wiseman's On Your Mind
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Happiness and Happiness Research
Happier people live longer maybe? You expect them to. And my understanding is the mechanism is they're enjoying life. If you're not enjoying life, it's not surprising that you do all sorts of things that might undermine that. That makes a lot of sense. So if you give somebody 50 pounds and say you can either spend this on yourself, or you can spend it on helping a friend or somebody else in need, they spend it on the other person. They feel far more happy with their lives, far higher levels of contentment.
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