What Happy People Do Differently

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“What happy people do differently” by Robert Biswas-Diener, Todd B. Kashdan. July 8, 2013 This article is about people that are simply happy in life. In this article many scientists perform a research on happy people and their activities, view towards the world, and interactions with other people. All of this research would later on lead to a conclusion of why happy people are different than the other people around them, what they do differently and how they think differently. 1. It turns out that activities that lead us to feel uncertainty, discomfort, and even a dash of guilt are associated with some of the most memorable and enjoyable experiences of people’s lives. 2. Truly happy people seem to have an intuitive grasp of the fact that sustained happiness is not just about doing things that you like. Happy people are simply put, curious. 3. Curious people generally accept the notion that while being uncomfortable and vulnerable is not an easy path, it is the most direct route to becoming stronger and wiser. 4. A standard criticism of happy people is that they’re not realistic; they sail through life blissfully unaware of the world’s ills and problems. 5. Those who have a general leaning toward the positive are less skeptical than others. They tend to be uncritically open toward strangers and thus can be particularly gullible to lies and deceit. 6. The happiest people have a natural emotional protection against getting sucked in by the intense gravitational pull of little details. 7. The happiest people, those who scored a 9 or 10 out of 20 on measures of life satisfaction tended to perform less well than moderately happy people in accomplishments such as grades, class attendance, or work salaries. 8. The biggest predictor of happiness at work was whether or not a person had a best friend they could call on for support. 9. The
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