Thursday, October 26, 2006

Nine Tips for Investing in Happiness

If you want to be happier, forget spending dollars -- and focus on how you spend your time. Sure, a bigger house and a fancier car might briefly put a smile on your face. Yet academic studies suggest that simply amassing more stuff won't bring a permanent increase in your happiness.

So what will? I dug through some of the work done by economists and psychologists, and came up with these nine tips.

-- Jonathan Clements

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This chapter [from the Rules of Life] provides eight simple rules that you can follow to enrich yourself and your personal satisfaction. These rules focus on things you can do to improve yourself.

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10 Steps Toward Feeling Happier by Linda Laffey.

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