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A new mass movement to create a happier society launches today (Tuesday 12 April 2011). Action for Happiness aims at a fundamentally different culture, where people care more for the happiness of others. The initiative is calling for people to pledge to create more happiness in the world and take positive action to promote happiness in whatever way they can - at home, at work or in the community. Groups will be formed throughout the country, and later worldwide...
The movement is based on the new science of happiness and the evidence that we can affect our happiness. Despite massive material progress, people in Britain and the U.S. are no happier than they were fifty years ago.

There are many societies in which people are much happier than in Britain. For example, if we could increase our levels of happiness to those in Denmark, Britain would have 2.5 million fewer people suffering from unhappiness and 5 million more people who are very happy...
Individual happiness can change a lot between different periods in a person's life. The main external factor affecting a person's happiness is the quality of their relationships, at home, at work and in the community. And the main internal factor is their underlying mental health.

There is a wide range of proven actions people can take to boost happiness, both for themselves and others. Although partly determined by factors outside our control - such as our genes and circumstances - our happiness is significantly affected by the conscious choices we make and the way we choose to react to what happens to us. Happiness is also contagious, so when we feel good we help make others around us happier too.

http://www.actionforhappiness.org/

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Проживание рядом с парком заняло первую строчку в рейтинге счастья современного британца. Соответствующий список был подготовлен Национальным статистическим бюро Соединенного Королевства по специальному запросу правительства. Результаты исследований объявила радиостанция Би-би-си.

Вторую позицию в списке счастья занял доступ на культурные мероприятия. Первую тройку заключает хорошее здоровье. На четвертом месте в рейтинге счастья жителя Великобритании оказался отдых и приятное времяпрепровождение. На пятой позиции – наличие в стране справедливого общества. Лишь на шестое место современные британцы поставили деньги и возможность иметь их в том количестве, которое необходимо для избранного образа жизни. На седьмой позиции – свобода, на восьмой – позитивный взгляд на собственную жизнь.
Первую десятку счастья замыкают забота друг о друге и запах свежего кофе.

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