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Does Having Choices Make Us Happy? 6 Studies That Suggest It Doesn’t AlwaysBy TED blog

Making decisions for yourself might not be all it’s cracked up to be. According to an amazing talk by marketing professor Baba Shiv, sometimes it’s a good idea to give up the driver’s seat. Shiv’s seemingly counterintuitive thoughts have led to a number of studies and research on choice, all trying to answer the question “Does having choices really make us happy?”

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True Secret to Success (It’s Not What You Think)
By Geoffrey James
www.inc.com

Flexing this important emotional muscle is a key to lifelong success – but it’s probably not what you’re thinking. Gratitude is the answer to all your problems when it comes to success. It’s important to program your brain to be grateful, even if you’ve had a bad day. That means training your brain to look for more reasons to feel grateful. Try flexing this muscle to see how it affects your life.
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How Being Polite Can Hurt Your Health
By Leslie Quander Wooldridge

We’ve always been told by our parents to respect our elders, keep our elbows off the table, and most of all…to be polite! But the final warning may not hold value any longer, at least not when it comes to our health. Being polite has been shown to cause harm in a number of ways – from forcing you to give in to peer pressure to overeating to please a host. Are you guilty of these polite faux-pas?
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