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Crossing the Atlantic in a One-Person Boat: The Story of John Fairfax
This story from 1969 is crazy. John Fairfax decided to paddle across the Atlantic Ocean in a trip that took 180 days. Most people picturing a solo row across the Atlantic think of loneliness as the most daunting obstacles to overcome. But John was estranged from that emotion. He’d always been happy alone, and he […]
Social Comparisons and Happiness
“We found that the happiest people take pleasure in other people’s successes and show concern in the face of others’ failures. A completely different portrait, however, has emerged of a typical unhappy person—namely, as someone who is deflated rather than delighted about his peers’ accomplishments and triumphs and who is relieved rather than sympathetic in […]
7/14 Quote: Ronald Reagan
“In our obsessions with antagonisms of the moment, we often forget how much unites all the members of humanity. Perhaps we need some outside, universal threat to make us recognize this common bond. I occasionally think how quietly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world.” ~Ronald […]
The Happiness Paradox
Think you’ll be happy if you reach all your goals? Think again. It turns out that the kinds of goals we choose to pursue matter just as much, if not more than, whether or not we actually reach them! Studies show that pursuing wealth, power, popularity, validation and fame – what psychologists call extrinsic goals – leads to only […]