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March 9, 2014

Can We Change Our Happiness?

1970s study of lottery winners…a year after their winthey weren’t any happier than people who didn’t win!...

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a happiness paradox?

the happy personwho has lostboth parents to Holocaust…

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a happiness paradox?

…But how can they be happy?...

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a happiness paradox?

…because to them,in light of their grave personal tragedy, they believe it would be wrong& selfish to be unhappy aboutall small trivial things…

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so where does ourhappiness come from?

10% - circumstances

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so where does our happiness come from?continued

40% - other (intentional activities, choices,mental/behavioural strategies)

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so where does our happiness come from?continued

50% - genetic

…this is what Sonja Lyubomirsky (Univ. of Calif. – Riverside, happiness researcher, psychologist) has found in her work

source: National Post, June 9/07