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1 week ago | 
cnbc.com | Jessica Weiss
We've all heard the phrase a million times: "Money can't buy happiness." But let's be honest, whoever coined that phrase probably wasn't living paycheck to paycheck. But scientists have found that money actually can absolutely buy happiness, we've just been spending it all wrong. The catch? You need to know what types of purchases actually trigger that lasting and sustainable kind of happiness.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Jessica Weiss
11 Things Average People Complain About That Don’t Bother Highly Intelligent Minds At AllEveryone complains, but certain frustrations get under one person’s skin and can barely register for others. Highly intelligent people tend to view …
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Mar 1, 2025 | 
msn.com | Jessica Weiss
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Mar 1, 2025 | 
cnbc.com | Jessica Weiss
When life gets complicated, our instincts often lead us down the wrong path. We isolate ourselves when community could heal us, or we dream of endless free time when a new challenge could fulfill us. I've spent 15 years studying happiness, and I've had the opportunity to speak with thousands of people across all walks of life, spanning all income levels — from executives in corner offices to frontline workers.
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Mar 1, 2025 | 
flipboard.com | Jessica Weiss
9 hours agoKindness often gets bad press, or people might even say there’s no place for kindness at work. Graham Allcott has written six books, including the global bestseller How to Be a Productivity Ninja. He is the founder of Think Productive and has privately coached prominent international business leaders. …
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
hub.jhu.edu | Jessica Weiss |Henry Farrell |Jeremy Wallace
The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) celebrated the public launch of a new institute on Feb. 3, the Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs (ACF), established to add rigor and reason to public and policy discussions on China and the range of domestic and international issues that intersect with its global role.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
programmablemutter.com | Henry Farrell |Jessica Weiss
First some fantastic news this morning: Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson have won the Nobel memorial prize in economic science for their work on institutions. I hope to write more about those ideas when I have a chance, but for more that I’ve written already (lots more!) on the theory of power in Acemoglu and Johnson’s most recent book, see here and here. Now: the main post.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Jessica Weiss
Washington faces growing criticism for pursuing open-ended competition with China without defining what success would look like. Even as China’s coercive capabilities and threatening behavior have rightly focused U.S. attention on the risks to American interests, the absence of clear metrics for success leaves the door open for partisan aspersions of the Biden administration’s approach.
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Sep 15, 2024 | 
myemail-api.constantcontact.com | Jessica Weiss |Doreen Horschig |Heather Williams |Oliver Wiseman
Quotes of the Day:“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly." – Albert Einstein"Water appears weak and yielding. Yet it conquers the strongest and hardest of rocks, wearing through mountains. This may feel like common knowledge. Yet common men assume the opposite is true.
