The things that are supposed to make us happier do not, in fact, always make us happier.
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She said fostering can make dogs happier and more relaxed and make it easier for them to find permanent homes.
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So money may not make you happier, but being happy may make you more money.
The implication of all this is that people's efforts to make themselves happier by working harder in order to earn and spend more are partly self-defeating: they may make more money, but because others do too, they do not get much happier.
For a while they make her happier, but nothing can take the place of family.
By deliberately seeking to strengthen those elements of my life, I make myself happier.
"Today, victories and titles make me happier than when I was younger, " he said.
Does all that cash really make you happier in the long run, though?
We relentlessly pursue things and experiences that we think will make us happier.
We have here this insistence that economic growth does not make us happier.
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Using a personal mobile device can make employees happier and more productive, but it can also put corporate data at risk.
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The smartphone is home to endless activities, from Angry Birds to Facebook on Amazon, but does it make you happier?
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This may initially lower costs for the company and make employees happier.
"People who smile more tend to elicit more positive connections with other people, " which in turn help make you happier and healthier.
Kawaii things not only make us happier, but also affect our behavior.
Even if voters believe that his policies will make Britain happier, they may still choose a party offering lower taxes and bigger subsidies.
For as even the authors of this report insist, the things that make people happier are the things that lead to economic growth.
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For many years researchers had been spurred on by an apparent paradox: that rising incomes did not make people happier in the long run.
You will be a better man and live longer, and make others happier thus, whether the Kodak fiend snaps you or passes you by.
That would not only make customers happier but also cut dealer inventory costs and the need for Toyota to spend on rebates for slow-selling vehicles.
"My philosophy is that the digital revolution will make mankind happier and more productive, and that won't change over the next 300 years, " Son says.
Which of these would make you happier: buying a cup of fancy coffee for yourself, buying one for a stranger, or buying one for a good friend?
Her arguments were all about her and what people could do to make her happier, and not about the contentment to or even concerns of her husband or her children.
After two hours on the phone with Havens, I was still a little foggy on what his app would do for me and how it would make me happier.
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Shumlin has extended the deadline for Dodge to move out, and said Wednesday he looked forward to sitting down with Dodge and seeing what can be done to make him happier with the deal.
Liebler and Jake Halpern, author of Fame Junkies: The Hidden Truth Behind America's Favorite Addiction, found that teenagers who described themselves as often or always depressed were more likely to believe that becoming a celebrity would make them happier.
Though my inclination is to be skeptical of what seems like a wildly ambitious project that uses dubious means to tell me what will make me happier, Havens has convinced an impressive roster of people that the project has merit.
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