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According to researchers at The Happiness Project in the U.K., only 50% of\u00a0\u00a0our brain\u2019s processing system is inherited. So whether or not you lean more \u00a0toward gloom or glee has something to do with Mom and Dad and all those \u00a0nutty ancestors, but it also has something to do with YOU! You can\u2019t control\u00a0your genes, but here\u2019s what you can control:<\/p>\n
You can actually choose to be happy or, at least, happier. Easier said than done, right?<\/strong> Well, positive psychologist Dr. Jonathan Haidt has devised a handy-dandy\u00a0formula for how to be happy:\u00a0Calculators out!<\/p>\n H = S + C + V<\/strong><\/p>\n H = level of happiness<\/strong><\/p>\n S = set point for happiness<\/strong><\/p>\n C = current conditions<\/strong><\/p>\n V = voluntary activities<\/strong><\/p>\n In other words, your happiness level is a potent mix of how naturally happy\u00a0you are combined with whatever\u2019s going on in your life right now that affects your happiness, plus those voluntary activities you choose to fill your\u00a0life with.\u00a0(There\u2019s that word choose again!) <\/span><\/p>\n Happiness <\/strong>Assignment:\u00a0If your happiness level isn\u2019t registering high enough because current conditions are dragging you down, forget about what you can\u2019t control and focus on doing some really fun and fulfilling\u00a0V<\/span>\u2019s.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Feeling challenged, stressed or depressed? Check out my book – THE BOUNCE BACK BOOK – which has been praised by Tony Robbins! Just click this line, right here right now!<\/a><\/p>\n MOST PEOPLE settle for an average life. If you’re not MOST PEOPLE and want to LOVE YOUR LIFE be sure to sign up for my famous and FREE Be Happy Dammit newsletter by clicking this line, right here, right NOW.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/b> del.icio.us<\/span><\/a> · Slashdot<\/span><\/a> · Digg<\/span><\/a> · Facebook<\/span><\/a> · Technorati<\/span><\/a> · Google<\/span><\/a> · StumbleUpon<\/span><\/a> · Yahoo<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" According to researchers at The Happiness Project in the U.K., only 50% of\u00a0\u00a0our brain\u2019s processing system is inherited. So whether or not you lean more \u00a0toward gloom or glee has something to do with Mom and Dad and all those \u00a0nutty ancestors, but it also has something to do with YOU! You can\u2019t control\u00a0your genes, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-400817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400817\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}