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Be Happier: What Actually Works

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What the evidence says about happiness, minus the myths: the pie that doesn't hold up, what money does and doesn't do, strangers, movement, small practices with honest effect sizes, and when low mood needs a doctor. General education, not medical advice.

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AT THE SUMMIT, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO

01Separate happiness research from happiness myths

02Use money for the kinds of happiness it can buy

03Build people, movement and small practices into your week

04Know when low mood needs a doctor, and test changes on yourself

Every lesson of Be Happier: What Actually Works

15 lessons in 5 levels, about 3 hours. Level 1 is free.

Level 1Happiness MythsFree · 3 lessons
  1. The happiness pie, cutKnow why the famous 50/10/40 split doesn't hold up.11 min
  2. You'll feel it less than you thinkCorrect for the impact bias when you predict how events will feel.12 min
  3. Checkpoint: chasing happinessSee why valuing happiness too hard can backfire.12 min
Level 2Money and HappinessMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Does money buy happiness?Know how the $75,000 plateau story changed.12 min
  2. Lottery winners, revisitedReplace the “lottery winners end up unhappy” story with the evidence.12 min
  3. Checkpoint: spend for happinessSpend on time, and on both things and experiences, knowingly.12 min
Level 3People and PracticesMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Talk to the strangerTest the prediction that solitude beats small talk.12 min
  2. What happiness exercises can doSet honest expectations for gratitude lists, kindness and other exercises.12 min
  3. Checkpoint: small, social, repeatedBuild connection into your week on purpose.12 min
Level 4Your DaysMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Move for your moodKnow what the 1.2-million-person exercise study found, and its limits.12 min
  2. Why the new wears off, and what doesn'tExpect adaptation, and spend your effort where it lasts.12 min
  3. Checkpoint: design a better weekPut the evidence into an ordinary week.12 min
Level 5Your PlanMembership · 3 lessons
  1. When it's more than a bad weekKnow when low mood needs a doctor, and where to turn right now.12 min
  2. Run your own experimentTest one change on yourself: fairly.12 min
  3. Capstone: your happiness planPut the evidence (and its limits) into one plan.13 min
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Level 1 is open.

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AFTER THE CORE

Keep going where this path leads.

Kindness That WorksGratitude, compliments and giving · 2h 53m
Find Meaning and PurposeValues, purpose and nature · 3h 30m