September 07, 2003

The Problem of Happiness

''Things that happen to you or that you buy or own -- as much as you think they make a difference to your happiness, you're wrong by a certain amount. You're overestimating how much of a difference they make. None of them make the difference you think. And that's true of positive and negative events.''

The New York Times has a great article detailing a psychologist's research on happiness. The article won't be as good as you think, but the pain fo registering to read the article won't be as bad as you think.

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