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After three decades researching human hope and happiness, I discovered a method you can use to measure your happiness. It’s based on this simple equation: Hope ÷ Hunger = Happiness …
As the CEO of the Happiness Research Institute, my work is dedicated to measuring and understanding what improves people’s wellbeing and overall quality of life. We’re based in Copenhagen, the …
Jeff Bezos doesn’t jam-pack his schedule or set strict time blocks for all his meetings. Instead, the 60-year-old Amazon and Blue Origin founder — currently the second-richest person in the world, …
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As a faculty member at Yale, I teach hundreds of people every year. I’ve observed that although all of my students have extraordinary qualities, only some of them go on …
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