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If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Happy? If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Happy? by Raj Raghunathan
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“it is precisely because we tell our children what to value—money, value for money, status, beauty, power, etc.—that they learn to lose sight of what makes them truly happy. Once”
Raj Raghunathan, If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Happy?
“devalue happiness is because of medium maximization—the tendency to focus on the means to happiness, rather”
Raj Raghunathan, If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Happy?
“It is precisely because past negative events become more positive in our memory that women agree to go through a second childbirth and authors agree to write a second book.”
Raj Raghunathan, If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Happy?
“simply reminding people to make happiness-enhancing decisions could lower their tendency to be distracted by other goals and hence help them overcome the sin of devaluing happiness.”
Raj Raghunathan, If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Happy?