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…the game is the same – getting on in life, pursuing happiness, realizing our dreams, and helping others to do the same – but the way it’s played is new.
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069 |
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If we want to be as happy as can be, and if we want to preserve our position in the world, we will do so by thinking harder and feeling more deeply, not frantically trying to put in ever more hours.
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174 |
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…in a Results-Only Work Environment… you end up playing fewer games with people; there is less political maneuvering and less time spent trying to make people happy in intangible ways.
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128 |
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We fail to take care of ourselves even though the consequence is that we end up undermining our health, happiness, and productivity.
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010 |
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Numerous studies suggest that losing something makes us far unhappier than acquiring the same thing makes us happier.
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134 |
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Our feelings are raw, unadulterated truth, but until we understand why we are happy or angry or anxious, the truth is useless to us.
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057 |
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While happy partners are giving each other the benefit of the doubt, unhappy partners are doing just the opposite.
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231 |
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The happiest, most mature adults were those who could embrace the losses in their lives and transform them into sources of deep gratitude…
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316 |
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Growth as a cause often results in an unhealthy culture, one in which short-termism and selfishness reign supreme, while trust and cooperation suffer.
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059 |
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Trust is a feeling. Just as it is impossible for a leader to demand that we be happy or inspired, a leader cannot order us to trust them or each other.
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106 |
