How ironic that the difficult times we fear might ruin us are the very ones that can break us open and help us blossom into who we were meant to be.
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Interview: Daniel Gilbert
By Eric Jaffe — 2007
What will make you happy? A social scientist explains why it’s so hard to predict
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