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Dr. Travis Bradberry is the bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence Habits and a LinkedIn Top Voice with more than 2.5 million followers. His bestselling books have sold more than 3 million copies, are translated into 25 languages, and are available in more than 150 countries. Bradberry has written for, or been covered by, Newsweek, BusinessWeek, Fortune, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and the Harvard Business Review.
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Your habits determine your happiness, research shows, so you'd better make sure your habits are good ones. Here is a list of behaviors to avoid if you hope to be happy.
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If these benefits don't motivate you to enjoy solitude more often, nothing will.
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You don't have infinite money. Spend it on stuff that research says makes you happy.
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Research shows that your habits create happiness (and unhappiness) more than anything else in life. Don't let these bad habits drag you down.
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Entrepreneurs
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