if you want to lastingly raise your level of happiness by changing the external circumstances of your life, you should do the following: Live in a wealthy democracy, not in an impoverished dictatorship (a strong effect) Get married (a robust effect, but perhaps not causal) Avoid negative events and negative emotion (only a moderate effect) Acquire a rich social network (a robust effect, but perhaps not causal) Get religion (a moderate effect) As far as happiness and life satisfaction are concerned, however, you needn’t bother to do the following: 6. Make more money (money has little or no
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