{"id":2368,"date":"2008-12-08T07:00:51","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifewithhappiness.com\/?p=361"},"modified":"2018-10-02T13:36:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T17:36:57","slug":"happiness-is-contagious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2008\/12\/happiness-is-contagious\/","title":{"rendered":"Happiness is Contagious"},"content":{"rendered":"
This just in, from the bespectacled researchers at Harvard: Happiness is contagious. This just in, from the bespectacled researchers at Harvard: Happiness is contagious. OK, so we’ve known for a long time that moods and emotions spread to those around us.\u00a0 What’s different about this study is that the researchers have been able to quantify the impact. And it’s not just about who you talk with daily. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5789,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,119,40,50],"tags":[44,122,123,60],"yoast_head":"\n
\nOK, so we’ve known for a long time that moods and emotions spread to those around us.\u00a0 What’s different about this study is that the researchers have been able to quantify the impact. And it’s not just about who you talk with daily. Neighbors whom you only see occasionally can impact your happiness. And happy people like to cluster: people on Facebook with smiling photos are more likely to be friends with other smilers. Interesting!
\nRead the full article here: Happiness is Contagious in Social Networks<\/a>
\nand see the accompanying video clip from CNN here:
\nEmbedded video from <a href=”http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/video” mce_href=”http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/video”>CNN Video<\/a>
\nWhat’s the bottom line? If you hang around with happy people, you’ll feel (15%!) happier. If you are happy, others are more likely to want to hang around with you.
\nCool!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"