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    all over the world prefer to live happily. Therefore, two questions including what happiness is and how to be happier are usually attracted these people to answer by themselves. These answers, consequently, influence their thoughts, activities, and their lives significantly. In fact, it could be true that there are a number of happiness definitions and a large quantity of factors contributing to people’s happiness. In recent researches, one of these factors is money (Dunn, Gilbert & Wilson 2011;

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    Happiness, a complicated nine letter word. Many people have sought to narrow down the definition of happiness, but have found it a difficult task to do. As I started researching the word happiness I found that happiness lies in the eye of the beholder; everyone has their own definition. Influencing the human body mentally, emotionally, and physically happiness has strong attributes; not just on ones’ feelings but on their overall well-being. Lazy fall days, colorful leaves, cooler weather, birds

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    not possible. Creating a life of happiness can be done through a mix of science, engagement, and a drive to achieve the goal of lifetime happiness. When talking about happiness, it hard to look at it through the eyes of a researcher, however with new research, happiness can now be defined scientifically. Starting in the brain, there are several neurotransmitters and hormones that are responsible for that feeling we get when we are happy. In “The Science of Happiness,” Marketing Manager Insider writes

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    worries seem to vanish, it is a perfect life. Money in this context does lead to happiness. Unfortunately, money and happiness, like life isn't black and white. Life is gray, life is dark at times and having money on your side won't always lead to happiness, but at the same time can boost your happiness in certain aspects and help many people find happiness and relieves stress and woes. Here two zones of happiness Extrinsic and intrinsic. Extrinsic is the physical things in life: A car, new

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    Happiness. Without feeling it, a life could be solely a torture to survive. However, realizing own happiness is also difficult and would be an eternal theme for each human being. Bertrand Russell, a great famous British philosopher, defined happiness, “The happy man is the man who does not suffer from either of these failures of unity, whose personality is neither divided against itself nor pitted against the world.” (Russel 999). Russel’s definition of happiness is to feel ourselves as a part of

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    The power of money has become a controversial topic over the past few years. Some people ask themselves if it is money that brings happiness, or is it just the things purchased with that money that brings them happiness. The idea that money can buy one’s happiness has been taught and debated upon for years and remains to be an opinion amongst all people. Happiness is a difficult term to define for some people, for everyone has their own definition as what individuals see fit as “happy.” Possessing

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    What is Happiness? In the movie The Pursuit of Happyness [sic], Will Smith talks about how Thomas Jefferson used the word "pursuit" in the Declaration of Independence. He goes on to explain “that it is there because a person can pursue happiness, but can never obtain it.” A level of happiness may be experienced as a result of hard work and dedication. Most people have problems and setbacks striving to reach happiness; even ideas of what constitutes happiness vary from person to person. People cope

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    It is seemingly very difficult to pinpoint exactly where happiness comes from, or rather how one can achieve such a notoriously sought-after phenomenon. In fact, the philosophy of human happiness is such a complicated concept that two of the most established philosophers in history, Aristotle and Epicurus, are not even able to come to a concise formula for where it comes from and how one can obtain it. While both philosophers agree upon the idea that material items and goods that involve others,

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    Happiness… It could be said that there is no one in this whole wide world who does not want to be happy. We live every single day in hope to find happiness, which also known as pursuit of happiness. We strive to bring happiness in our life. Nonetheless, along the journey to find happiness, some people stumble and find themselves unhappy instead. One might question why, but actually we all have different value and understanding to describe happiness. Therefore, we have our own unique approach to pursue

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    What makes us happy and what frames this idea of happiness for an individual? Is there a connection between happiness and success? Most of the buzz is about the capability of measuring of happiness. This idea is important but it is overshadowing what the overall picture is about. When you focus on measuring your level of happiness instead of concentrating on being happy this will drop your happiness levels and make the results inaccurate. If you want to be as happy as possible we have to find out

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