A study of Personal Happiness published in the British Medical Journal in January 2009 found that:
(1) Having happy people in a person's social network can dramatically increase that person's chance of being happy.
(2) If you become happy, you increase your next-door neighbour's odds of being happy by 34%, and increase your friend's odd of being happy by 25% if that friend lives withing a mile of you.
(3) On average, every happy person in your social network increases your own chance of being happy by 9%.
(4) Having happy family or friends in your social network increases your odds of being happy too.
(5) Happiness spreads in a person's social network up to "three degrees of separation."
(6) Your happiness can affect not only your friend, but also a friends of your friend and even a friend of a friend of your friend- someone you may never even meet or hear of.
(7) The effect of catching happiness from someone else can last up to one year
(8) As the happiness and positive emotions spread throughout social networks, communities and societies, the social benefits will spread and take root in a society right along with the personal benefits.
Source: The Art of Happiness in A Troubled World by HH the Dalai Lama and Dr Howard Cutler
(1) Having happy people in a person's social network can dramatically increase that person's chance of being happy.
(2) If you become happy, you increase your next-door neighbour's odds of being happy by 34%, and increase your friend's odd of being happy by 25% if that friend lives withing a mile of you.
(3) On average, every happy person in your social network increases your own chance of being happy by 9%.
(4) Having happy family or friends in your social network increases your odds of being happy too.
(5) Happiness spreads in a person's social network up to "three degrees of separation."
(6) Your happiness can affect not only your friend, but also a friends of your friend and even a friend of a friend of your friend- someone you may never even meet or hear of.
(7) The effect of catching happiness from someone else can last up to one year
(8) As the happiness and positive emotions spread throughout social networks, communities and societies, the social benefits will spread and take root in a society right along with the personal benefits.
Source: The Art of Happiness in A Troubled World by HH the Dalai Lama and Dr Howard Cutler
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