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A feeling of autonomy in one's life leads to happiness. I think this relates to stress because if someone controls their life and what happens then they will have nothing bad to worry about. For example, one may be upset about a breakup or work troubles but those are problems that can't be controlled while if you are in control of your life then you choose what happens and what you do. Similarly, in The House on Mango Street, Esperanza struggles to find her own self identity because she doesn't have control over her life like many people in her neighborhood. This is something that makes her sad knowing that she could end up like one of the people she sees struggling everyday.

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Guess what's been reported to be the number one contributor to happiness? Good looks? Nope. Popularity? Still nope. A hot sex life? Guess again!
According to a report by The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, all these mentioned life goodies were topped by the biggest life goodie of them all: "autonomy" - defined as "the feeling that your life - its activities and habits -- are self-chosen and self-endorsed."

This makes sense, when you take a moment to contemplate how lovely autonomy can make you feel - and how miserable its absence can make you. In fact, when you're upset about something in your life - a love break up, a job problem, your weight - it's usually because you're feeling as if you're no longer in control of this area your life and bigtime lacking autonomy. Indeed, much of what creates sadness, anger, regret, disappointment - all these bad boy emotions - is having a feeling of being "autonomy-challenged"!

Researcher Angus Campbell emphatically endorses the perks of autonomy. "Having a strong sense of controlling one's life is a more dependable predictor of positive feelings of well-being than any of the objective conditions of life we have considered," says Campbell.

A University of Michigan nationwide survey also sings the praises of autonomy - reporting how the 15% of Americans who claimed they felt "in control of their lives" also raved about having "extraordinarily positive feelings of happiness."

All of this reminds me of that now famous study on on those mice who researchers either gave cheese or electric shocks - no matter what these mice did. Purposefully these researchers created no logic to when the mice would be rewarded with cheese or punished with electric shocks. After a while, these mice eventually learned that their actions had no effect on their environment, and they lapsed into a state of passive listlessness and depression. Even when the experiment changed over, and the mice were given autonomy to avoid the electric shocks or gain more cheese, the mice were so depressed, they just lay there, choosing not to do anything at all!

Luckily, unlike a mouse, you as a human have that terrific homo sapien perk called "consciousness." Meaning? You know better not to give up, even after your autonomy has been temporarily challenged. You know after a difficult time, you can take back the control you have over your life!

How to begin? Psychologists suggest if you want to resiliently bounce back after a sideswiping, that you slowly increase your "internal locus of control" - the power you have to make easy, small changes. Studies even show that all you have to do is take control of a few small actions - and you'll be on your way to feeling like the master of your destiny once again.

Here's A Quick Happy Example Of Increased Happiness Due To Increased Internal Locus of Control: Yale psychologist Judith Rodin encouraged depressed nursing-home patients to exert more control in their lives, by motivating them to make a few small but key changes in their environments. For example Rodin made sure patients were asked to decide for themselves if they wanted the air conditioning on or off, if they'd like to change the channels on the TV, or if they'd like to have different foods for dinner, or if they'd like to re-arrange the furniture in their rooms. Plus Rodin pushed patients to request changes in various nursing home policies - which they subsequently received. As a result, 93% of these patients became more alert, active, and happy. Similarly upbeat results where shown in prisoners who were allowed to move chairs and take control over lights and TV remotes.

Is an out-of-control life challenge making you feel "out of control" over your entire life? If so, stop lying around doing nothing. Stop sleeping late. Stop watching too much TV. Start recognizing that this lack of a disciplined schedule will only increase your feelings of being out of control of your life.

"For unhappy people, their time is unfilled, open, and uncommitted. They postpone things and are inefficient," says Oxford University psychologist Michael Argyle. "For happy people, time is filled and planned. They are punctual and efficient."

Today decide you will take back your autonomy by deciding to tap into you "internal locus of control!" Create three pre-set deadlines for new projects and three exciting events to be shared with loved ones. Mark them all down in your calendar. Then do these things and meet these people in a timely, efficient way. Know: Establishing pre-set deadlines -- then meeting them- will absolutely help you once again feel like the kick-ass master of your destiny that you know you are!

Want more resiliency psychology insights and tips? Click here now to check out the The Bounce Back Book - now geering up for its 8th printing - written by best selling author Karen Salmansohn, founder of www.notsalmon.com.

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Is an out-of-control life challenge making you feel "out of control" over your entire life? Studies show one of the top contributors to happiness is "autonomy" - defined as "the feeling that your life - its activities and habits - are self-chosen and self-endorsed." Here's how/why to increase your autonomy to increase your joy!

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"You've Got to Find What you Love" Steve Jobs Speech

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"You've Got to Find What you Love" Steve Jobs Speech

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Steve Jobs brings up some very interesting points in his speech to the Stanford graduates. He points out that his belief in what he does and enjoyment in it brought him to the happiness and successful position he is in today. He states that he sacrificed a lifestyle he wanted to be happy and do the things that he loved. However, personally, I think that very few people are able/willing to give up everything for one dream when they could live easily but not enjoy what they do. Similarly, in The Great Gatsby, Gatsby devotes his life to Daisy and gives it his all to be with her so he can live with the result of not being able to get her since he tried his hardest.

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Sheryl Sandberg Commencement Speech | Harvard

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Steve Jobs Inspirational Speech -- You've got to find what you love

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Steve Jobs Inspirational Speech -- You've got to find what you love In commemoration to Steve Jobs: Steve Jobs inspirational commencement speech to the graduates of Stanford University back in 2005. In his speech, he talk about 3 stories: getting fired from Apple in 1985, love and loss, and death.

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I believe many people find this piece of art as making them happy because of the bright colors. I think that people enjoy the vibe that it brings and how it connects to things they like, for example the summer.

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Saatchi Art: About poetry-Looking for happiness Painting by Paolo Cervino

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Buy About poetry-Looking for happiness, an Acrylic Painting on Canvas, by Paolo Cervino from Italy, For sale, Price is $265, Size is 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 in.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_nuPlE2KU8

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Simple things (people helping others)
Hanging out with friends
Listening to music
I think that in general I like to see people I know succeed
Playing competitive sports
Watching football and basketball
However, I sometimes enjoy seeing people/teams that typically win/dominant, lose
I enjoy seeing the losers win and succeed and people come up from nothing to become financially successful and achieve the American Dream

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Interviewing My Mom and What Makes her Happy

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Interviewing My Mom and What Makes her Happy

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When her family is happy and other people around her are happy and laughing. She likes to see other people succeed as well because she feels happy when they work hard and get rewarded for that hard work. She also finds happiness looking at nature because its pure and beautiful. Also, she finds it beautiful and enjoys the birds singing because she finds it peaceful and enjoys the harmony. Likewise, she finds happiness in gardening because she views at as her own success. that is because she sees them almost as her own kids growing and blossoming. Overall, this goes back to the contagiousness of happiness and how in general human beings like to see others succeed along side themselves. I think that it is interesting that she wants to see her "own" things succeed (her kids and plants) because I believe it gives her a sense of pride that something that she controlled was successful. I think that pride is a big reason why people act like they do and work to achieve the goals they have set out for themselves.

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I think that this quote is very interesting because it shows how humans like to be together and united and see others happy, in general.

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Synthesis: Gastby and Love and Happiness

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Synthesis: Gastby and Love and Happiness

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Love keeps people happy because it is constant while being wealthy by winning the lottery, for example, will only last for a couple of years. This is because the money will eventually be lost in a couple of years or a person will become bored while consistent love removes any insecurity that an individual may feel allowing them to be constantly happy. Also, naturally, as humans we like to socialize and feel intimacy with others. This directly applies to Gatsby because Gatsby gets a feeling form love from Daisy but once she starts to lean towards Tom again, he loses all his happiness because she knows that no one truly and constantly loves him.

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"There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved". (George Sand)

I love the simplicity and wisdom of the happiness quote above. Love and happiness... Love and happiness seem to go hand in hand for many people. Love lightens up our faces in a way never expected. When you are in love, somehow, all of a sudden, no mountain is too high and happiness is easily achieved.

Many people would argue that love is the recipe for happiness. Of course, there are others that would argue that health or money is the way to happiness. But I don't entirely agree with these last ones. Yes, wealth is good, but it doesn't bring happiness. Health is good too, but it doesn't have much to do with happiness either. Dan Gilbert says that one year after winning the lottery or losing a leg, people were equally happy.

Love and happiness have numerous benefits on people's health. When you feel happiness and love, this results in the creation of healthy cells, healthy organs and healthy bodies. Cells regenerate every moment and happy thoughts regenerate healthy cells. Love by far, is the greatest medicine on our planet.

"If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can he dealt with." (Michael Jackson)

For many people establishing good and loving relations with others might be a problem. Though there are lots of books and magazine articles that pretend to sell you love and friendship recipes, the truth is that happiness has no universal recipe. Some tips might work for some people, some for others, some in one situation but not in another. Also, it is always good to remember that in a relationship implies two people. There just isn't such a thing as a one person relationship. Though happiness comes from within sometimes our happiness seems to depend on other people's love and acceptance. One thing to keep in mind is that it is most likely that being loved by somebody does have as much to do with you as it has to do with the other person. Finding our own happiness sources has to do only with our own person.

"The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for." (Allan K. Chalmers)

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"There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved". (George Sand) I love the simplicity and wisdom of the happiness quote above. Love and happiness... Love and happiness seem to go hand in hand for many people. Love lightens up our faces in a way never expected.

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The Old Man, Santiago, is solely happy by a mere thing in life because he has very little. Just seeing the little boy grow up right and catching fish makes him enjoy his life. I feel like this is because of his age which shows him that he doesn't have much time left so he is focused on certain things in life that he enjoys and also he is unlucky so he feels happy through little success.

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Gatsby gets happy when he achieves his goal of getting with Daisy again but he only had this one goal he's been working on for the past 5 years. So when he gets her he immediately becomes dissatisfied because he gets "bored" and has nothing else to do.

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This video shows varying things that make people happy but I think it was interesting how older people seemed to be happy by bigger things like family and realized that their time was almost done so they reflected on their past and present vs. focusing on the future. While kids were happier by smaller things. This is seen in The Old Man and the Sea where Santiago finds enjoyment in fishing even if he doesn't "win" (catch a fish) because he realizes that he can't always win in life. While in The Catcher in the Rye Holden is solely focused on an unrealistic goal where he keeps all children innocent. However, he doesn't yet realize that he can't control everything in his life.

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I think that moneys affect on happiness is well put in this article. People like the things that money can do and it takes out the stresses of everyday life allowing people to enjoy the people that they are around. I believe that people just want to live an easy and relaxed life. Still, some people that are extremely wealthy are not happy and I think that is because a little bit of some stress can be enjoyably and bring out the best in people or else life is too easy and it can get boring and redundant. Therefore, I believe that people should only have a certain amount of control on their life and the stresses in it because without it they wouldn't be the person that they are striving to be.

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Misperceptions abound when it comes to what we think will make us happy. People often believe that happiness will be achieved once they reach a certain milestone, such as finding the perfect partner or landing a particular salary.

Humans, however, are excellent at adapting to new circumstances, which means that people will habituate to their new relationship or wealth, return to a baseline level of happiness, and seek out the next milestone. Fortunately, the same principle applies to setbacks-we are resilient and will most likely find happiness again.

Regarding finances specifically, research shows that the sweet spot for yearly income is between $60,000 and $95,000 a year, not a million-dollar salary. Earnings above $95,000 do not equate to increased well-being; a person earning $150,000 a year will not necessarily be as happy as a person earning a lot less.

The type of thoughts below exemplify these misconceptions about happiness:

"I'll be happy when I'm rich and successful."

"I'll be happy when I'm married to the right person."

"Landing my dream job will make me happy."

"I can't be happy when my relationship has fallen apart."

"I will never recover from this diagnosis."

"The best years of my life are over."

For more, see The Science of Happiness.

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Happiness is an electrifying and elusive state. Philosophers, theologians, psychologists, and even economists have long sought to define it. And since the 1990s, a whole branch of psychology-positive psychology-has been dedicated to pinning it down. More than simply positive mood, happiness is a state of well-being that encompasses living a good life, one with a sense of meaning and deep contentment.

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