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Emiliya Zhivotovkaya From Positive Psychology News Daily To read the full review - click here Why do so many people fail at New Year's Resolutions? What separates athletes that achieve lofty goals from people who procrastinate in accomplishing even simple things? These are central questions for me as a...

Anyone with any credibility within the positive psychology world (that is those who study happiness from a scientific perspective) would note that our goal should not just be to "feel good" but to also, flourish and thrive such that we experience not just positive emotions...

For happiness, you shouldn"t 'should"! Happy people are optimists and optimists are realists. They aim high and look for positives but they're also inherently realistic facing, when necessary, the cold hard realities of the day. Expect a lot from yourself and from life but...

Sharon Begley Newsweek Advice for anyone who wants to be happier: pick the right friends. For the increasing number of Americans who view happiness as a goal in and of itself rather than (sorry to be so old-fashioned) the result of, oh, leading a rewarding life...

One person's happiness starts a chain reaction that spreads to their friends and even their friend's friends, researchers found. Scientists have taken advantage of the tight networks of friends and family who are enrolled in the Framingham Heart Study to examine how social behaviors can...

First comes love - then comes retirement Survey: Couples have more happiness, less sex after they stop working The conventional wisdom about the way retirement affects married couples goes something like this: Once the husband and wife find themselves stuck in each other's company every minute of...

In the thick of a global financial crisis, many economists have come to this Himalayan kingdom to study a unique economic policy called Gross National Happiness, based on Buddhist principles. When considering economic development, policymakers here take into account respect for all living things, nature, community...