Are people born happy? Created with Sketch. Some people are naturally more optimistic, positive, and content. Although genetics is, in fact, a key determinant of happiness, people who gravitate ...

Many of us aspire to be happier, yet few dedicate time to developing a scientific understanding of what happiness is and how they can attain more of it. Of course, philosophical debates about the ...

wp:paragraph --> People who are happier are usually also healthier—and not just because they’re happy about being healthy. When humans feel good, they’re more likely to be active and less ...

Happy people view every problem as a challenge or an opportunity to change their lives for the better. They completely do away with the word ‘problem’ from their dictionary. 8.

The news? Happy people did not live longer than sad people, after adjusting for factors like the state of a person’s health. The study, published in prestigious medical journal The Lancet ...

Most people believe happiness is just a feeling you sometimes stumble upon — if you’re one of the lucky ones. Other people believe anyone can be as happy as the happiest people if they just ...

Caring about the well-being of your people at work is the moral thing to do — but it also makes business sense. A recent study published in Management Science finds that happiness increases ...

Why are some people happier than others? And how can we improve our quality of life? Those are the two main questions I have been trying to answer for more than a decade. I run the Happiness ...

Age is just a number — and maybe an indicator of your happiness. The decline in happiness among young people in North America is upending a theory that our levels of happiness throughout our ...