The Neuroscience of Cracking an Egg
There's a well-known story in the food studies world involving the acceptance, and eventual dominance, of pre-made cake mixes. In the 1950s, housewives were hesitant to buy cake mixes until General Mills started selling Betty Crocker mixes that required the cook to add fresh eggs as part of the preparation process. At that point, sales shot through the roof.
Blogger Harry Bringull at 90 Percent of Everything offer a pretty interesting explanation of why:
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The Evolutionary Psychology of Happiness
In contrast to the popular lore about achieving happiness by changing your thoughts, there's a new theory in town.
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Laughter might really be the best medicine, and money *can* buy happiness (at least to some extent)
This weekend, I read with interest an article that appeared in the New Yorker a couple of weeks ago entitled, "The Laughing Guru." Turns out that Forbes and TIME have covered laughter yoga recently, as well.
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The Challenges of Measuring Wellbeing
If you knew that you could work an extra ten hours a week for the next year and make 20 percent more money, would you? Your answer, whatever it is, probably depends on a whole host of factors including what sorts of family obligations you have, how much you like your job, and how much you, personally, value money. You and your spouse, to say nothing of you and your coworkers or you and your neighbors, all have at least slightly different perspectives on this question.
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Do Your Best Job Ever!?
Job satisfaction is at a two-decade low, so I guess it shouldn't be much of a surprise that employers have begun enlisting the help happiness coaches as part of their workplace wellness programs.
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Can Money Buy Happiness?
The Boston Globe ran a fascinating article earlier in the week pulling together some of the newest research into a very old question: Can money buy happiness? And the answer seems to be that, well, it depends. Or as social psychology professor Elizabeth Dunn puts it, "Just because money doesn’t buy happiness doesn’t mean money cannot buy happiness.”
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