Happiness
The Joy Workout
Researchers have identified several movements like this that are recognizable in many cultures as inspired by joy: reaching your arms up; swaying from side to side, like concertgoers losing themselves in the music; other rhythmic movements, such as bouncing to a beat; or taking up more space, like dancers spinning, arms outstretched. These physical actions […]
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Are You Happy? Your Boss Is Asking.
Garry Ridge, who runs the chemical company WD-40, has a leadership style guided by two sources — Aristotle, and the BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink. “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work,” Mr. Ridge said first, quoting the Greek philosopher. Then he picked up a recent BlackRock memo. “Companies who forged strong bonds […]
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The Rich Are Not Who We Think They Are. And Happiness Is Not What We Think It Is, Either.
From this, they built a sample of more than three million data points, orders of magnitude more than previous studies on happiness. So what do three million happiness data points tell us? The activities that make people happiest include sex, exercise and gardening. People get a big happiness boost from being with a romantic partner […]
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