My criticism with Michaels article is that he neglects to raise the real key to a successful relationship and that is people who are happy and love themselves outlast relationships where one or both couples are un-satisfied with themselves.

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For example, a large-scale survey conducted in Canada found that as work hours increased and flex-time arrangements became rarer over the last two decades, the percentage of respondents who rated themselves as highly satisfied with their lives plunged by 50% over the same period.

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Even more, 75 percent, said they were satisfied with themselves, Rosin reports.

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Young women who are satisfied with themselves do not ex-lax themselves thin, or consider an expensive and addictive carcinogenic habit an appropriate price to pay to be beautiful.

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Women who take time for themselves are happier, healthier and more satisfied with their lives.

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"When we can stress the personal identity of people, and let them bring more of themselves at work, they are more satisfied with their job and have better performance, " says Francesca Gino, an associate professor at Harvard Business School who has studied onboarding.

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Not satisfied with piratey puns or bad jokes about the "poopdeck, " these people express themselves through cosplay -- the fan-centric practice of dressing up as fictional characters -- and take great pride in their imaginative creations.

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