For the last two decades, positive psychology research from the likes of Martin Seligman, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Daniel Goleman, and others has proven that happiness does not come from having “more.” Studies of lottery winners show that within a year or so these lucky, richer folks are not any happier than they were before winning. Studies have also shown that people who are happy are enjoying what they get, not wasting their time worrying about getting something they don’t need. Research has made it abundantly clear that one of the secrets to a happy life is to learn how to enjoy what you
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