Principle: Happiness practices like exprressing optimism and gratitude work better when you are intentionally trying to cultivate happiness and commit to it. Quote: “Happiness interventions are more than just placebos,…
Principle: In psychology research we measure both traits and states of people. Overall states are brief, specific occurrences and traits are enduring tendencies or dispositions. Quote: “Rather than attempting to…
Principle: In a relationship, both people’s self-control predicts how good the relationship is. Quote: “Across all three studies, the higher the total self-control across both partners, the more satisfied they…