Month: March 2016

  • Ruut Veenhoven: What the hell is happiness?

    Ruut Veenhoven: What the hell is happiness?

    When used in a broad sense, the word happiness is synonymous with ‘quality of life’ or ‘well-being’. In this meaning happiness denotes that a life is good, but does not specify what is good about that life. The word ‘happiness’ is also used in more specific ways, and these meanings can be clarified with the […]

  • World Happiness Report 2016 is out: Denmark leads the Index

    World Happiness Report 2016 is out: Denmark leads the Index

    The World Happiness Report 2016 Update, which ranks 156 countries by their happiness levels, was released today in Rome in advance of UN World Happiness Day, March 20th. The widespread interest in the World Happiness Reports, of which this is the fourth, reflects growing global interest in using happiness and subjective well-being as primary indicators […]

  • Be Happy. How To Bring More Joy To Your Life

    Be Happy. How To Bring More Joy To Your Life

    What’s it going to take to make you happy? Getting married? Getting that job? Maybe a big raise? Or retiring? All these things sound great, but it’s unlikely that any of them will actually make you happier – at least not for long. In this course, created by Life Reimagined, you’ll learn about happiness – […]

  • Dan Ariely: What makes us feel good about our work?

    Dan Ariely: What makes us feel good about our work?

    What motivates us to work? Contrary to conventional wisdom, it isn’t just money. But it’s not exactly joy either. It seems that most of us thrive by making constant progress and feeling a sense of purpose. Behavioral economist Dan Ariely presents two eye-opening experiments that reveal our unexpected and nuanced attitudes toward meaning in our […]

  • Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory

    Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory

    Using examples from vacations to colonoscopies, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman reveals how our “experiencing selves” and our “remembering selves” perceive happiness differently. This new insight has profound implications for economics, public policy — and our own self-awareness. Remarkable insight: “Below an income of 600,000 dollars a year people are unhappy, […]

  • This is The Happiness Equation

    This is The Happiness Equation

    What’s the formula for a happy life? Neil Pasricha is a Harvard MBA, a Walmart executive, a New York Times–bestselling author, and a husband and dad. After selling more than a million copies of his Book of Awesome series, he now shifts his focus from observation to application. In The Happiness Equation, Pasricha illustrates how […]