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Changing your circumstances, by losing weight or earning more, does less for happiness than people assume.

Drawn from what Laurie Santos said

Subjecthappiness
What this subject means

happiness What makes a life go well: whether it is meaning, love, virtue, enough money, or simply expecting less.

On the topicWhat makes a good life?under our view: More money, status and achievement do not add up to a better life

What Laurie Santos actually said

  1. Laurie Santos Cognitive scientist and Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon…
    We also assume that happiness involves changing our circumstances: losing weight, getting buffer and earning more money. But as someone who teaches an entire course on the science of happiness, I know the research shows most of these popular January goals don’t improve our happiness as much as we assume.

    Where this was said

    ↗I teach a course on happiness at Yale: this is how to make the most of your resolutions, The Guardiantheguardian.com

    8 Jan 2021

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