Happiness Can Spread Among People Like a Contagion

By Rob Stein, Friday, December 2008

Happiness is contagious, spreading among friends, neighbours, siblings and spouses like the flu, according to a large study that for the first time shows how emotion can ripple through clusters of people who may not even know each other.

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Think about it: personal responsibility for solving problems and collective positive energy

“What on earth was I thinking?” is a fairly common plaintiff cry at the moment, as we reflect back on some of the financial commitments we have all taken on in recent years. Well the truth is that we probably weren’t thinking. We were pretty much on autopilot, which is why the economic downturn feels like an awakening, and a rude one at that.

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