As humans, we consistently mispredict what will make us happy. Laurie Santos, cognitive scientist and host of the Happiness Lab podcast, shows in her research that extrinsic sources of happiness, such as material goods, external achievements, and tangible pleasures are what we think will make us happy. But they don’t. Or, rather, they do so only fleetingly. What truly improves our happiness are internal things, things like gratitude, personal growth, health, engaging in meaningful activities, improving at something we care about, and spending time with loved ones.

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