Over time, with growing databases across the population, you can compare yourself to any of your cohorts.

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Now, you could argue that it's a pretty unambitious benchmark to compare yourself with the UK as a whole.

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One trick to help you know when to delegate versus do it yourself is to compare it to your hourly worth.

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You can take the survey yourself and find out how your personality strengths compare to others in your city, age group, profession and education level at www.authentichappiness.org.

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