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WORDS FRANCESCA SPECTER
THE HAPPINESS FORMULA
Forget winning the lottery or even treating yourself to a large slice of chocolate cake. UK researchers have uncovered the real way to happiness and it requires having five life skills which combined make you healthy, wealthy and successful. The potent mix of being emotionally stable, determined, in control, optimistic and conscientiousness make for a fruitful life. Researchers followed more than 8000 middle-aged Brits for 11 years and those who scored highly in at least four of the five attributes were wealthier, less depressed, healthier and connected to a larger social circle. Those who achieved two or fewer were often lonely, depressed and likelier to have chronic diseases. No single attribute was more important, it was about achieving the combination – granted, it’s not a quick fix. Failing that, there’s always chocolate cake…
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