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Taking Advantage of Hedonic Adaptation

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How to Use Hedonic Adaptation to Your Advantage

Hedonic adaptation says that after a given stimulus, we will return to our baseline level of happiness. Even if you get your dream job, even if you get a 25% raise, almost anything that happens in your life is not going to have a lasting impact on your happiness. There are limits to how much hedonic adaptation can handle. But for the most part, humans are adaptable.

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