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The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life that You Want

Sonja Lyubomirsky is a research psychologist and professor of psychology at the Univerisity of California, Riverside. Her excellent book "The How of Happiness" describes twelve interventions that have been shown to increase people’s happiness. Here they are.
1. Practice Gratitude 80 people  
2. cultivate Optimism 23 people  
3. avoid overthinking and social comparison  
4. commit acts of kindness 80 people  
5. Nurture my relationships 4 people  
6. develop strategies for coping  
7. learn to forgive 438 people  
8. Increase time engaged in "flow"activity  
9. savor life's joys  
10. commit to my goals 2 people  
11. practice my religion more 11 people  
12. meditate 2765 people  
13. exercise 1616 people  
14. act like a happy person  
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Created by Saafir on Jan 25, 2008.