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"In the long run, it doesn't much matter what happens to you. It's better to win the lottery than to break your neck, but not by as much as you'd think... Within a year, lottery winners and paraplegics have both (on average) returned most of the way to their baseline levels of happiness."
-- Jon Haidt, professor of psychology, in his recent book The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom. In his book, hailed as a scholarly approach to happiness more than a self-help guide, Haidt advises changing your environment and your habits to achieve happiness.
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