The following article is an extract from my book Optimal Happiness. Enjoy! Once, I heard praise towards a branch manager who was so down to
When I first realized that with the same amount of money I could live far better somewhere else, I was in London, United Kingdom, which
After the 9/11 attack, US President George W. Bush told the public to “go shopping,” acknowledging the positive influence of retail therapy on our overall
Often, we don’t realize why our negativity can be so destructive, stating that it is necessary and justified. However, if we study the destructive nature
The duality of life theory states that there is something positive in everything negative and the other way around. It is therefore important to learn
A mother can work three jobs, unreasonable hours, and push her body over its natural limits trying to earn enough money for her family. She
Happiness is like a muscle, because the more we exercise it, the happier we become. The same holds true for unhappiness, whereas our current negativity,
The main 5 chemicals of happiness are dopamine, endorphin, oxytocin, serotonin, and cortisol. They all affect our happiness in different ways, but in order to
One of the most common myths about happiness is that there is a reverse correlation between knowledge and happiness. In other words, the more we
Time and time again, we hear that what we learn at schools and universities are facts, known facts. What we don’t learn at school are
What we eat matters as it contributes to a healthy body and, therefore, a healthy mind. It is true that we can still be happy
Swipe left, swipe right, it’s so easy nowadays to meet somebody, and it’s even easier to replace them if they eat weirdly at the dinner
A healthy body is a happy body. This being said, after looking at laptop screens, smartphones, and/or TV’s for at least 8 hours per everyday
By far, one of the most common objections to Optimal Happiness states something among these lines: “How will Optimal Happiness help a starving children in
The question “Why do people behave strangely?” can sound strange and ambiguous. Yet, it is at the heart of a more profound question, which is:
Happiness is boring, scientists say. This is not because happy people are boring or because happiness feels boring. Rather, the science behind the study of
“It is difficult being a white male nowadays,” said Joe Keene, a fictional white male senator, in a series called The Watchmen. This was clearly
One of the most common reasons I hear as an objection to Optimal Happiness is that happiness is biological and so we can’t do much
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