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March 15, 2026 · 3 min read

1 Thing You Can Do Today to Be Happier | Sonja Lyubomirsky | TED

1 Thing You Can Do Today to Be Happier | Sonja Lyubomirsky | TED
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  • 1I'm a happiness scientist, and I've been studying the secrets to human happiness for 36 years.
  • 2In 1998, my lab pioneered what we call "happiness interventions" - experiments with human participants to test whether specific practices actually ...
  • 3After decades of research, I realized I hadn't been truly listening to what the data were telling me.
  • 4What I learned is that to be a better happiness scientist, I had to become a love scientist.
  • 5While we can connect through touch, dance, or eye contact, in Western culture we mostly connect by talking.

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I'm a happiness scientist, and I've been studying the secrets to human happiness for 36 years. Throughout my entire professional career, I've been obsessed with one fundamental question: Can anyone become happier?

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