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Three Paths Toward the Meaning of Life

Three takeaways: Psychologists have shown in experiments that having a clear sense of your “true self” or “essence” strongly predicts a feeling of meaning in life than it does a positive[...]

Four Ways to Be Grateful—And Happier

Four takeaways: Gratitude has been shown in study after study to have positive effects on one’s happiness in both the immediate and the long term. However, humans naturally have a “negativity [...]

Eight Ways to Banish Misery

Eight takeaways: Bertrand Russell broke down the root causes of unhappiness into eight categories of common errors humans make. They are: Fashionable pessimism: Presenting an outwardly negative or pe[...]

5 Tips to Stop Comparing Yourself to Other People

Five takeaways: Here are five tips to avoiding “the comparison trap” in defining your own sense of personal self-worth. Define what success means to you: Defining your own personal concep[...]