Sunday, January 11, 2004
Recipe For Happiness
Well, it's finally here, and you can have it for free! The recipe for happiness, according to CNN is, an equation. P + 5E +3H to be exact.
Now you might remember the British researchers who came up with the formula for the best toast. Rest assured these aren't the same researchers. But these two said they worked out this simple formula to quantify happiness that can put an exact figure on the emotional state.
According to the researchers, P stands for Personal Characteristics (your outlook on life, adaptibility and resilience,) E for Existance (health, friendships and financial stability,) and H is Higher Order (self-esteem, expectations, and ambitions.) The researchers asked a mix of men and women to choose five scenarios that made them more or less happy from a list of eighty different situations. And the study showed men and women found happiness in different ways! Wow, these must be rocket scientists.
So, I'm off to calculate my personal happiness, wish me luck!
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Now you might remember the British researchers who came up with the formula for the best toast. Rest assured these aren't the same researchers. But these two said they worked out this simple formula to quantify happiness that can put an exact figure on the emotional state.
According to the researchers, P stands for Personal Characteristics (your outlook on life, adaptibility and resilience,) E for Existance (health, friendships and financial stability,) and H is Higher Order (self-esteem, expectations, and ambitions.) The researchers asked a mix of men and women to choose five scenarios that made them more or less happy from a list of eighty different situations. And the study showed men and women found happiness in different ways! Wow, these must be rocket scientists.
So, I'm off to calculate my personal happiness, wish me luck!
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