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Am I Boring You? (Ep. 225 Rebroadcast)

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What Makes You Happy and Unhappy?

Psychologist Dan gilbert looked at data from more than two thousand adults. He found that people are obviously happy when they're doing things like eating or having sex. And what about when they're just resting, like sachel ray hanging out on the beach in florida? The answer is about as unhappy as when they're working or commuting. So any retirement you plan that doesn't have you engaged in activities is probably not one that's going to make you happyoh, does this mean to rethink retirement too?...

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