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HP002: The Three Factors of Happiness (and What WON’T Make You Happier)
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We discuss three factors that influence well-being, point out their relative importance, and observe that most focus inordinately on the least productive drivers of well-being. We describe the correlation between income and happiness, we lay the groundwork for taking control of your own happiness, and we advocate paddleboarding.
SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT:
We thought a visualization of what we call the “H Curve”- depicting how the correlation between well-being and income diminishes with increasing wealth- would be helpful in appreciating this episode. So I drew it, and here it is:
Check out also this interesting (if somewhat outdated) Wall Street Journal article entitled “The Perfect Salary for Happiness” (guess what? They say $75,000).
18 episodes
Archived series ("Inactive feed" status)
When? This feed was archived on November 23, 2023 20:12 (). Last successful fetch was on December 04, 2022 17:30 ()
Why? Inactive feed status. Our servers were unable to retrieve a valid podcast feed for a sustained period.
What now? You might be able to find a more up-to-date version using the search function. This series will no longer be checked for updates. If you believe this to be in error, please check if the publisher's feed link below is valid and contact support to request the feed be restored or if you have any other concerns about this.
Manage episode 221336717 series 2462313
Episode 2
We discuss three factors that influence well-being, point out their relative importance, and observe that most focus inordinately on the least productive drivers of well-being. We describe the correlation between income and happiness, we lay the groundwork for taking control of your own happiness, and we advocate paddleboarding.
SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT:
We thought a visualization of what we call the “H Curve”- depicting how the correlation between well-being and income diminishes with increasing wealth- would be helpful in appreciating this episode. So I drew it, and here it is:
Check out also this interesting (if somewhat outdated) Wall Street Journal article entitled “The Perfect Salary for Happiness” (guess what? They say $75,000).
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