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WHAT WE EARN?23% of those whose household income is below £20,000 describe themselves as happy, 50% of those with household incomes of £150,000 or more described themselves as not happy, yet 38% of people with an average income describe themseleves as happy

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Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so. ~John Stuart Mill

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you would need to receive a windfall of more than

£1 million to transform yourself from an unhappy

person to a happy person and even then the effect is often

temporary

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not. ~George Bernard Shaw

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When we want something and then attain it, we don’t seem to be any better

off. This is the hedonic treadmill, It’s like we are walking on a treadmill but not

really getting anywhere because we are adapting to things

going somewhere?

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~Dalai Lama

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81% people think that the governments primary objective

should be to create the greatest happiness, not the

greatest wealth

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Thomas Jefferson asserted that “the care of human life and happiness… is the only legitimate objective of a good government”

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Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important. ~Janet Lane

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Winners of the lottery’s life satisfaction is not significantly greater a year after

winning

HAPPINESS LEVEL

BEFORE AFTER

A happy thought is like a seed that sows positivity for all to reap. ~Miriam Muhammad

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how happy is your job?

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top 4 happiest jobs

top 4 least happiest jobs

pilots vs. construction workers

actors vs. roofers

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. ~Lady Blessington

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YEARS WORKED FOR COMPANY HAPPINESS (%)

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The happiest people are those who are

living and working what they are

passionate about irrelevant of financial return or compensation

love what you do

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has. ~Henry Ward Beecher

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economic stability has a largeeffect on the happiness of society, while long-term economic growth

has little

Man must search for what is right, and let happiness come on its own. ~Johann Pestalozzi

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unemployment reduces happiness by as much bereavement

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We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier. ~Walter Savage Landor

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income has increased more than two and half times in the last 50 years yet happiness levels have

remained the same

In nations with high levels of income equality, such as the Scandinavian countries, happiness tends to be higher than in nations with unequal wealth distribution, such as the United Kingdom and the USA

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There are some days when I think I’m going to die from an overdose of satisfaction. ~Salvador Dali

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the average person considershappiness to be more important

than money, moral goodness and even going to

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