{"id":697,"date":"2021-04-29T20:10:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T20:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-583903-1890774.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=697"},"modified":"2021-09-02T21:43:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T01:43:18","slug":"human-happiness-isnt-what-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspirationpost.com\/2021\/04\/29\/human-happiness-isnt-what-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Happiness Isn’t What You Think It Is, According to Two Psychologists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether you subscribe to Ralph Waldo Emerson’s assertion that “Money often costs too much,” or prefer Notorious B.I.G.’s more succinct summation \u2013 “Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems<\/strong><\/a>” \u2013 most of us understand that, despite our urgings, material wealth isn’t the answer to our problems.<\/p>\n

But… why??<\/p>\n

After all, nearly all the things that really do make us happy and fulfilled \u2013 a loving family, a rewarding career, a higher purpose, etc. \u2013 are made easier with money.<\/p>\n

So why is it that winning the lottery can often be the single worse thing that ever happens to a person, while coming down with a terrible disease can sometimes be considered “a gift”?<\/p>\n

In an episode of her podcast The Happiness Lab<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, Yale psychology professor Dr Laurie Santos speaks with Harvard’s Dr. Dan Gilbert to find out why human happiness isn’t exactly what you’d expect.<\/p>\n

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