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Category Archives: Quality of Life
Purchasing Experiences Can Produce Emotional Benefits
Typically, amazement is what motivates people to alter their understanding of the world and awe brings people’s attention to the present moment and alters their subjective time experience. Awe is a sense of perceptual vastness (physical or conceptual). Because of this, the … Continue reading
Posted in Quality of Life, Research Findings
Tagged amazement, awe, generosity, happiness, jennifer aaker, kathleen vohs, melanie, perception of time, personal experience, present moment, rudd, self care, social behaviors, subjective time, tendencies, time experience, time perception, video clip, volunteer role, what motivates people
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Finding Flow this weekend.
Anyone who watches sports is familiar with the concept of being “in the zone.” Whether it is Kobe Bryant flying around and through defenders with seeming ease, Tom Brady knifing perfect spirals into tiny openings in the defense, Serena Williams … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Quality of Life
Tagged athletes, dancers, in the zone, musicians, optimum performance
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Creating a better economic future: The Economics of Happiness
Economic localization is the key to sustaining biological and cultural diversity – to sustaining life itself. The sooner we shift towards the local, the sooner we will begin healing our planet, our communities, and ourselves.” – Helena Norberg-Hodge, director and … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Leonard, Berkeley, business, education, energy, food, The Economics of Happiness
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