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How to get Happy

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Thirteen pillars of happiness that, with practice, will help you build a happier life.       1. MEALS: be peaceful, show gratitude, avoid overeating and overdrinking, eat with friends 2. SLEEP: sleep in a comfortable bed, let in fresh air, cultivate a quiet mind, recover from sleep deprivation 3. WORK: make your commute more pleasant, improve your relationships with coworkers, become more engaged with your work 4. RELATIONSHIPS: nurture your relationships with your family and friends, avoid toxic interactions 5. RECREATION: engage in regular exercise, learn some fun skills such as music or painting 6. CRESCENDO: be frugal, postpone expenses, save the best for last 7. SOCIAL COMPARISON: avoid envy, be modest, celebrate others' successes, praise and give credit 8. GLASS HALF FULL: reframe, accept imperfections, emphasize positives 9. SMALL SIPS: space out your consumption, build craving, cultivate varied interests 10. CUMULATION: c

Lucky Money !

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    Cash made money for charity as interest from banknote collectors in East Asia helped push up the bidding at a Bank of England auction. One £50 note was sold for £820 in the auction because it had the serial number AA01 000888. Early serial numbers on new notes are popular among collectors and the number eight is considered lucky in many countries of East Asia. The auction raised more than £50,000 for charity, the Bank said. The amount raised was much higher than the pre-sale estimate of £33,000. The proceeds will go to the British Association for Adoption and Fostering, and the Kids Company. 'Flourishing' The auction was run by specialists Spink, which waived commission for the auction. (read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19755936 ) Creative Commons Your 12 Lucky Lottery Number Calculators are here: Lucky Numbers 4U .

Being lucky isn't completely beyond our control

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" being lucky isn't completely beyond our control . Fundamentally, your brain doesn't like or want to believe in randomness. It always believes you have some control, even when you don't. For instance, craps players throw dice less forcefully when they want low numbers, as if that will make a difference: -------------------------- Nonetheless, many studies have shown that gamblers will bet more and continue gambling longer if they do have a personal role in these fundamentally random events. In some cases, this even affects the style of the particular actions involved in the game. For example, craps players tend to throw the dice with less force when trying to roll low numbers."   -------------------------- "One of the primary ways good luck operates is by increasing self-confidence. It's the placebo effect. And that's why wishing someone luck works: Activating a positive superstitious belief can boost people's confidence, which in t

Happy people ?

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"Researchers... found that happy people are ten times more likely to be other-oriented than self-centered. This suggests that happiness is a by-product of helping others rather than the result of its pursuit." Most life goals can be placed in one of two opposing camps: personal happiness or service to others. In other words, goals are typically self-oriented or other-oriented. The problem is that pursuing one type of goal comes at the expense of goals in the other camp. So who is the happiest— a person who devotes his time to the pursuit of personal happiness or the person who devotes his life to helping others? The following brief exercise may help you fashion an answer to that question, which is one of life’s most fundamental. First, list ten people whom you know well. Next, rate each person as either happy or unhappy. Finally, rate each person as either self-centered or other-oriented. Do you see a pattern? Researchers have: they’ve found that happy people are t

What is your lucky number ?

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Do you have a lucky number? If you are a perfectly rational person, yet you continue to buck statistics and gravitate toward certain digits, you aren't alone. "People have been doing this for centuries," said B. Sidney Smith, a mathematician and founder of the website PlatonicRealms.com. "Numbers underlying reality is an ancient tradition that pops up in all civilizations historically." He cited Pythagoras, the Greek philospher and mathematician whose theories are still used today "Once Western civilization became a faith-based society, numbers had this mystical tinge and it became a dangerous thing, like it was secret and naughty," he said. "My degree is in mathematical logic, so I'm a doctor of rationality. (Believing in lucky numbers) has nothing to do with mathematics, which is all logic and reasoning — but that doesn't make it any less beautiful or interesting." ( More  !) Creative Commons Your eleven Lucky Lottery Num