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The moment people feel that we’re trying to persuade them, our behavior takes on a different meaning.
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…data suggest… that meaning is healthier than happiness, and that people who look for purpose in their work are more successful in pursuing their passions… than those who look for joy.
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While enjoyment waxes and wanes, meaning tends to last.
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Our happiness often depends more on what we do than where we are. It’s our actions – not our surroundings – that bring us meaning and belonging.
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Whether or not we have the opportunity or appetite for major changes in our lives, it’s still possible to make smaller adjustments that breathe new meaning into our days.
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At some point, the numbers lose their connection to the people and become just numbers, void of meaning.
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…to be a part of something bigger than ourselves… we are a part of a movement that will live on beyond the goals we set or the lives of the people who set them.
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…research… [has] found that imbuing an otherwise ordinary day with personal meaning generates the power to activate new beginnings.
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Identifying one’s own personally meaningful days… can erase a false start and help us begin anew.
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Constructing our own temporal landmarks, especially those that are personally meaningful, gives us many more opportunities to recover from rough beginnings and start again.
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