These days, happiness isn't just a state of mind -- it's a modern science. Books have been written, polls have been commissioned around the planet, economists are devoting themselves to the topic, and a new happiness laboratory has been established in Ottawa. Even the prestigious Economist...
The Happiness Institute has been running its "Happiness @ Work" programs for a few years now and we know they make a difference. There's no doubt that happy workers are better workers (to find out more please feel free to call us 61 2...
Happiness researchers have been able to identify evidence suggesting that happy people live longer than their unhappy counterparts. Psychologist/ researcher on subjective well-being, Dr. Ed Diener of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, points to one study: "The difference was 10.7 years [average lifespan] between the...
Once happy, always happy? Once grumpy, always grumpy? Maybe not, according to a new review of happiness research. The review focuses on the "happiness set point" theory, which suggests that people have a happiness set point, a natural level of happiness they gravitate to, despite temporary...
Achievable, yes, says a Michigan State University psychologist. But after analyzing years of data tracking people through their lives of joys and sorrows, scientists conclude that major changes in life circumstances - like marriage, divorce, or debilitating illness - can indeed have long-term impact on...
Happiness, in the recent Will Smith movie, is spelled "Happyness." Scrawled on a San Francisco building, the word hovers like a magical incantation over this rags-to-riches tale based on the life of Chris Gardner. Homeless men who become millionaire stockbrokers may be few and far...
As well as the excellent (if I do say so myself!) The Happiness Handbook (available from our site) the following article reviews some of the other books available on happiness. Click here to see what these happiness reviewers have to say....
To read an interesting article on happiness and the 'science of satisfaction" - click here. ...
A new study has challenged the set point theory for happiness that states that subjective well-being is largely independent of our life circumstances. The researchers suggest that life events have a bearing on happiness. Click here to read more about this happiness story. And remember, the...
A recent study has revealed that Australia is one of the most intensely work-focused countries in the world - a finding that might impress some but something that concerns many others as this focus is associated with the breakdown of family and other relationships. ...