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From the Ted Talk by Matt Killingsworth: Want to be happier? Stay in the moment

Unscramble the Blue Letters


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Maybe because these conventional notions of progress haven't _________ big ________ in terms of happiness, there's been an increased interest in recent years in happiness itself. People have been debating the causes of happiness for a really long time, in fact for thousands of years, but it seems like many of those debates remain unresolved. Well, as with many other domains in life, I think the scientific ______ has the potential to answer this question. In fact, in the last few years, there's been an explosion in research on _________. For example, we've _______ a lot about its demographics, how things like income and education, gender and ________ relate to it. But one of the puzzles this has revealed is that factors like these don't seem to have a particularly ______ effect. Yes, it's better to make more money rather than less, or to graduate from college instead of dropping out, but the differences in happiness tend to be small.

Solution


  1. strong
  2. delivered
  3. happiness
  4. marriage
  5. method
  6. benefits
  7. learned

Original Text


Maybe because these conventional notions of progress haven't delivered big benefits in terms of happiness, there's been an increased interest in recent years in happiness itself. People have been debating the causes of happiness for a really long time, in fact for thousands of years, but it seems like many of those debates remain unresolved. Well, as with many other domains in life, I think the scientific method has the potential to answer this question. In fact, in the last few years, there's been an explosion in research on happiness. For example, we've learned a lot about its demographics, how things like income and education, gender and marriage relate to it. But one of the puzzles this has revealed is that factors like these don't seem to have a particularly strong effect. Yes, it's better to make more money rather than less, or to graduate from college instead of dropping out, but the differences in happiness tend to be small.

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