Written by Jen Hubley Luckwaldt.
“Research shows that the kind of happiness that does lead to long-lasting fulfillment is the kind of happiness that’s derived from positive social relationships with other people,” says Dr. Emma Seppälä, the Science Director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University. “A life of meaning, a life of purpose, a life characterized by altruism, something greater than oneself.”
A life, in other words, that can feel pretty difficult to create in today’s corporate culture, which prizes achievement and productivity. But maybe there’s another way to live and work. Seppälä’s new book, The Happiness Track: How to Apply the Science of Happiness to Accelerate Your Success, examines research on happiness, and makes the case that finding fulfillment builds success, not the other way around.
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