Can Adding This Element to Your Goals Make You Happier and More Successful? Science Says Yes

Can Adding This Element to Your Goals Make You Happier and More Successful? Science Says Yes

Pursuing a goal with meaning? That’s the key to greater happiness and a greater likelihood of success.

EXPERT OPINION BY JEFF HADEN @JEFF_HADEN

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Achieving a goal can make you happier, but so can simply pursuing a goal. As David Niven writes in 100 Simple Secrets of the Best Half of Life, “People who could identify a goal they were pursuing were 19 percent more likely to feel satisfied with their........

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