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February 5, 2015

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Why Happiness Is The Wrong Pursuit

If you want happiness for an hour — take a nap. If you want happiness for a day — go fishing. If you want happiness for a year — inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime — help someone else.

– Chinese Proverb –

Why Happiness Is The Wrong Pursuit

“On some abstract level, we know that money and other outward signs of success won’t ultimately make us happy — perhaps because we know wealthy or famous or powerful people who are deeply unhappy — but on another level, we don’t really believe it … or at least we don’t believe it applies to us. Why do we experience such a disconnect between what we know to be true in the abstract and what we believe is true for us?” Christine Carter thinks a big part of the answer lies in our flawed pursuit of happiness. This article shares more… { read more }

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