Tag: Lifestyle

Harvard happiness expert: The No. 1 thing to avoid to achieve a ‘real sense of satisfaction’

[ad_1] It’s easy to think that true happiness and satisfaction can only be achieved by accomplishing major goals, but that’s far from the truth, according to Arthur C. Brooks, a social scientist and professor at Harvard University who teaches a free course about happiness. “A lot of people think that once they learn their skills, once they’re set in life that everything will be okay, but that’s a fallacy that we call in my business, ‘The Arrival Fallacy,'” Brooks said during the CNBC Work Summit 2023 this month. The premise of the arrival fallacy is that once you accomplish a certain thing, ... Read more

She’s got one of the world’s ‘worst’ passports but still managed to visit more than 100 countries

[ad_1] Maliha Fairooz said her first memory of traveling was from Bangladesh to London when she was four years old.  “Most kids, when they’re on an airplane, they’re crying and throwing tantrums,” she said. “But not me — I was so excited. I remember flying through the clouds, looking down at the sky and thinking ‘I’m basically a bird.'” She’s just as excited to travel now, she said. Fairooz has traveled to 102 countries and is more than halfway toward her goal of visiting every country in the world. But the reason she won a NomadMania Award in October is ... Read more