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- 10 Feb 2009
- Conference Presentation
Who Really Is Your Friend? Pursuing Happiness in Your Perception of Social Networks
By: Lalin Anik and Michael I. Norton
Anik, Lalin, and Michael I. Norton. "Who Really Is Your Friend? Pursuing Happiness in Your Perception of Social Networks." Paper presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, February 10, 2009.
- 10 Feb 2008
- Conference Presentation
Life really is nasty, brutish, and short—and no one is happy about it
By: Lalin Anik, Michael I. Norton, Lara B. Aknin and Elizabeth W. Dunn
- 23 Feb 2022
- News
Arthur Brooks on the Keys to Finding Happiness | How To Own Things
- September 12, 2024
- Article
How to Build a Life: What John Stuart Mill Knew About Happiness
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: What John Stuart Mill Knew About Happiness." The Atlantic (September 12, 2024).
- May 6, 2021
- Article
How to Build a Life: How Adult Children Affect Their Mother's Happiness
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: How Adult Children Affect Their Mother's Happiness." The Atlantic (May 6, 2021).
- January 28, 2021
- Article
How to Build a Life: There Are Two Kinds of Happy People
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: There Are Two Kinds of Happy People." The Atlantic (January 28, 2021).
- 21 Apr 2020
- News
To Be More Resilient in a Crisis, Focus on Meaning, Not Happiness
- December 7, 2023
- Article
How to Build a Life: Harness the Power of Suggestion for Your Happiness
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: Harness the Power of Suggestion for Your Happiness." The Atlantic (December 7, 2023).
- May 2021
- Supplement
Hello Alfred: Come Home Happy — Operating the Business Model Exercise, Instructor Version
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Christopher Payton
On a mission to "automate the on-demand economy," Harvard Business School classmates Marcela Sapone and Jessica Beck launched Hello Alfred in 2013 to provide subscribers with an "Alfred" to complete various chores for a monthly fee. In early 2016, the company has built... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Happy New Year: The HBS Alumni Board's Newest Members Look to the Future
Photo courtesy of Daniel O’Keefe Photo courtesy of Daniel O’Keefe The HBS Alumni Board welcomes 22 new members for 2020–21 this fall. The complete roster is here. The Board is a representative group of 81 alumni from across graduation years, geographies, and programs.... View Details
- February 2011
- Article
It's the Recipient That Counts: Spending Money on Strong Social Ties Leads to Greater Happiness Than Spending on Weak Social Ties
By: Lara B. Aknin, Gillian M. Sandstrom, Elizabeth W. Dunn and Michael I. Norton
Previous research has shown that spending money on others (prosocial spending) increases happiness. But, do the happiness gains depend on who the money is spent on? Sociologists have distinguished between strong ties with close friends and family and weak... View Details
Aknin, Lara B., Gillian M. Sandstrom, Elizabeth W. Dunn, and Michael I. Norton. "It's the Recipient That Counts: Spending Money on Strong Social Ties Leads to Greater Happiness Than Spending on Weak Social Ties." PLoS ONE 6, no. 2 (February 2011): e17018.
- December 31, 2020
- Article
How to Build a Life: New Year's Resolutions That Will Actually Lead to Happiness
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: New Year's Resolutions That Will Actually Lead to Happiness." The Atlantic (December 31, 2020).
- November 19, 2020
- Article
How to Build a Life: Sedentary Pandemic Life Is Bad for Our Happiness
By: Arthur C. Brooks
The times when we most want comfort and rest may paradoxically be the times we most need to move, for the sake of our well-being. View Details
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: Sedentary Pandemic Life Is Bad for Our Happiness." The Atlantic (November 19, 2020).
- August 12, 2021
- Article
How to Build a Life: The Link Between Happiness and a Sense of Humor
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: The Link Between Happiness and a Sense of Humor." The Atlantic (August 12, 2021).
- August 24, 2023
- Article
How to Build a Life: How to Get the Most Happiness from Your Social Life
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: How to Get the Most Happiness from Your Social Life." The Atlantic (August 24, 2023).