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Children are better off having a parent who works into the night in a job they love than a parent who works shorter hours but comes home unhappy.
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Everything about our bodies was designed with one goal – to help us survive. This includes the feelings of happiness.
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This U-curve of happiness – a mild slump rather than a raging crisis – is an extremely robust finding.
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…research found that at the core of meaningful endings is one of the most complex emotions humans experience: poignancy, a mix of happiness and sadness.
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Adding a small component of sadness to an otherwise happy moment elevates that moment rather than diminishes it.
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The best endings don’t leave us happy. Instead, they produce something richer – a rush of unexpected insight, a fleeting moment of transcendence, the possibility that by discarding what we wanted we’ve gotten what we need.
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…surveys show that employees with supervisors (or someone else) who care about them as people are happier and more committed to their work.
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…the road to happiness is not in sticking blindly to the thing that we’re doing… We need to see what’s going on around us so we can do whatever will maximize our happiness and our time and our well-being.
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…quitting effectively, when the context warrants it, ought to be the definition of a happy ending. It is just hard for us to see it that way because we process quitting as failure.
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Persevere in the things that matter, that bring you happiness, and that move you toward your goals. Quit everything else…
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