Happiness Readings and The Three Princes of Serendip

In culling out old links, I isolated Mind Shadows posts on happiness. They are an eclectic lot, about aspects of the subject.  What you will discover for yourself will be a case of serendipity, the term coined by Hugh Walpole about the story of the Three princes of Serendip, who discovered by accident. Enough of that. Enjoy the serendipity. Here are the Mind Shadow links:

😊Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize Winner: Happiness Can Be Had With $60,000 Yearly Income, 17 February 2011

😊We Think We Know What Will Make Us Happy, But Are Bad Predictors of What Actually Will, 19 January 2009

😊Misconceptions About Happiness (Maybe You'd Really Rather Have A Candy Bar)
Hire An Expert: People Aren't Too Good At Estimating Their Own Feelings, 11 October 2007

😊Happiness and Public Policy, 20 July 2005

😊Robert H. Frank, Big Houses, and Happiness, 6 February 2009

😊Martin Seligman and Authentic Happiness Against Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Rind, 17 October 2007

😊Happiness Isn't What It Used To Be, 29 March 2011

😊Shift Demographics, Inc. Send Right Away For Your Personal Happiness Kit, 16 February 2008

😊Matthieu Ricard, Happiness, and Buddhist Meditation, 7 February 2013

😊On Happiness: Jean François Revel, His Son Matthieu Ricard, and Their Exchange About Buddhism: 10 days in an Inn above Kathmandu, 8 May 2006

😊Happiness: Positive Emotions Versus Life Meaning, 6 January 2009

😊Happiness Anyone? Is It Good For Society, or Does Its Pursuit Harm Society? These and Other Views, Including Martin Seligman and a Psychological Science Article, 1 July 2005

😊You Can Improve Your Life (And That's Not A Platitude), 11 March 2009

😊Does Spontaneity Promote Happiness?, 22 October 2009

😊Happiness is Over-Rated: I, 6 April 2008

😊Happiness Is Over-Rated: II, 29 May 2008

😊From DNA and Consciousness to Snorts, Sighs, and Happiness, 14 January 2010