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…for a marriage to survive, the ratio of positive to negative emotion in a given encounter has to be at least five to one.
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…there’s plenty of evidence to suggest that height – particularly in men – does trigger a certain set of very positive unconscious associations.
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86 |
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The desire to maintain a positive self-image contributes to the problem with quitting. When you quit, you’re closing a mental account, and we know that we don’t like to close those accounts in the losses.
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171 |
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If you are in a situation that carries with it a negative expected value, by all means quit. But keep going when you have a positive expected value.
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As long as we feel capable of meeting the challenge, we report being highly motivated, extremely interested, and positively engaged by stressful situations.
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32 |
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…when we set out to make our own happiness, we’re focused on activity that generates intrinsic rewards – the positive emotions, personal strengths, and social connections that we build…
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Success, as they say, means nothing alone. For all the positive feedback that a game can give us, we crave the praise and admiration of our friends and family even more.
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76 |
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Teasing each other, recent scientific research has shown, is one of the fastest and most effective ways to intensify our positive feelings for each other.
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83 |
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Awe… is the single most overwhelming and gratifying positive emotion we can feel.
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99 |
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…true leaders are inspirational. They exert a positive influence over their colleagues, and they are essential to business success.
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