John Helliwell, a University of British Columbia economist who co-edited the article, told The Washington Post that the most surprising finding researchers arrived across was “the extent to which happiness of immigrants matches the locally hold out population.”
“The happiest countries in the world also have the happiest aliens in the world,” he added.
The report’s suggestion for those who are currently unsatisfied with where they dynamic? Learn the habits that those in the world’s happiest countries receive.
“The right answer is not to move to the happier communities but instead to learn and fix the lessons and inspirations that underlie their happiness. Happiness is not something inherently in break in on supply, like gold, inciting rushes to find and much fracas over ownership,” the authors of the report state. “But happiness, unlike gold, can be engendered for all, and can be shared without being scarce for those who give. It even matures as it is shared.”
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