Research shows that happier people

• are more creative,

• are more motivated toward high performance,

• are more alert,

• have sharper cognitive skills,

• act more effectively,

• are more helpful to others, and

• are more successful in all aspects of their lives.

Whether you are in job search or not, happiness provides amazing benefits. So here’s a quick exercise you can do that has been shown to increase happiness. Every night before you go to sleep, either write down or just think about three good things that happened during the day. And then ask yourself what you did to make those things happen. Even if your good thing is that you enjoyed a beautiful sunset, although you didn’t make the sunset happen, you did take the time to notice it and enjoy it. If you will do this every night for several weeks, not only will your happiness level rise while you are doing it, your happiness level with remain higher even after you stop doing it. (My source for this exercise is Dr. Carol Kauffman of Harvard University.)

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