Why your happiness predicts how much you volunteer.
- Sat Jul 02 2011
- Astrid Van Den Broek
How often do you help out in your community? Not enough? Never? Turns out that if you’re the volunteering type, you've got a healthy level of happiness. That’s one finding from Dr. Cahit Guven, an economics professor at Deakin University in Australia. His recent research found—surprisingly—that very happy people aren’t as helpful in their communities as you might think.
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The connection between optimism and happiness
- Tue Jun 21 2011
- Astrid Van Den Broek
How do you see the coming summer? Are you complaining already that it’s going to be rain filled and humid? Or sun drenched and a time when you can stretch out and enjoy life—and the outdoors—a bit more?
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Why are you always so happy!?!?
- Tue Dec 07 2010
- Astrid Van Den Broek
Poppy truly intrigues me. As the main character in the movie Happy-Go-Lucky (I’ve mentioned her before—for a refresher, have a look at the clip below) I found her so frustrating.
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