Tag: Self Help
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The professor who wants to teach happiness
Can happiness be taught? At Yale University, a new class promises to teach America’s brightest young people a life skill they say they lack: how to be happy. One in four have signed up.
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Facebook admits social media is bad for you
Is the answer to social media’s problems… more social media? Facebook has admitted that “passively” using its website may not be good for you. Its answer? Just use it a little differently.
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Einstein’s theory of happiness sold for $1.6m
What is the key to a good life? Albert Einstein had an answer. This week, a note in which the physicist set out his views on happiness sold for a huge sum. But not everyone agrees…
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‘Go outside and play’ Zuckerberg tells daughter
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has welcomed his second child into the world with a simple wish: that she takes time “to smell all the flowers”. Should we all spend more time playing?
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How mindfulness became Konta’s secret weapon
Johanna Konta has been knocked out of Wimbledon. But she played very well the past two weeks — a fact that many put down to her calm on the court. How important is mental training in sport?
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How your personality changes in your lifetime
In 1950, over 1,200 teenagers took a personality test. Sixty years later, they took it again — and their characters had completely changed. Will you be the same person at 77 as you are now?
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‘Indestructible’ phone returns after 17 years
It has a month-long battery life. Its most advanced features are a camera, a colour screen, and the classic game Snake. Would we all be better off if we swapped our iPhone for a Nokia 3310?
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‘How winning the lottery ruined my life’
Jane Park was 17-years-old when she became the UK’s youngest Euromillions winner. Four years later, she says the £1m prize changed her life — for the worse. Now she wants to sue. Why?
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Ex-bodybuilder fights ‘myth’ of ideal shape
The most common new year’s resolutions? Lose weight. Exercise more. Eat better. But a new documentary says the idea of a ‘perfect body’ is wrong -- and we should stop wasting our time.
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Secrets of happiness discovered (at last!)
It has taken a mere 200,000 years and should solve all our problems: no fewer than nine books are to be published this autumn on the key to happiness. The answer is ‘hygge’ and it is Danish.
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The age of anxiety: a growing ‘modern plague’
A new report has shed light on the ‘anxiety epidemic’ that is sweeping through rich countries and haunting the lives of young people. Why do so many of us feel like we cannot cope?
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Psychologist reveals the secret of success
Angela Duckworth has spent years studying the key to success. It is not intelligence, money, or raw talent, she says. It is ‘grit’. What does that mean — and is it really anything new?
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‘Be great, be grateful’ says sick teenager
In a moving speech, terminally-ill Jake Bailey told his classmates to be ‘micro-ambitious’ and focus only on short-term goals. Is it time to abandon grand visions and start living for now?
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Act to make yourself happier, says Dalai Lama
One of the world’s most significant spiritual leaders is promoting a movement which calls on us all to make the world a happier place. But how far is happiness dictated by our actions?
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Obesity as great a danger as armed conflict
Around 2.1 billion people — about 30% of the world’s population — are now overweight or obese. The problem is getting worse, but whose responsibility is it to cut us down to size?