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What are the conditions and elements for happy and meaningful travel, studies, jobs and life choices?

  • Happiness elements are those elements (conditions, values) that lead to a satisfied life, a satisfied group or a satisfied society.
  • These are elements that play a role in the degree of satisfaction you could have as a person or as a group of people (organization, family).
  • These elements have been in literature since ancient times. They are regarded as crucial and determining elements in the context of happiness and contentment.

What are the twelve elements for sustainable happiness and contentment?

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 Recipes from all over the World: From sustainable recipes to local food habits

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  • Recipes  and cooking tips from Africa or with a African twist
  • Recipes  and cooking tips from Asia or with an Asian twist
  • Recipes  and cooking tips from Europe or with a local twist
  • Recipes  and cooking tips from Latin America or
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Habits, customs and philosophies from all around the world

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  • What are habits and customs?
  • What are typical Asian habits, food customs and philosophies in Asia?
  • What are typical European habits, food customs and philosophies in Europe?
  • What are typical Latin habits, food customs and philosophies in South America?
  • What are typical Mediterranean habits, food
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  • Je helpt mee binnen het netwerk Personeelszaken waarbij de werkzaamheden onder andere bestaan uit: personeels- en salarisadministratie, werkzaamheden rondom aanstellingen en uitdiensttredingen van medewerkers en werving en selectie.
  • Je informeert medewerkers over de interne procedures en processen (waaronder vakantieaanvragen, bijzonder verlof, werkplekbudget en coaching).
  • Je draagt bij aan de ontwikkeling van het personeelsbeleid ten behoeve van de
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Tijdelijk werken bij JoHo: als tekstredacteur van studiemateriaal of samenvattingen van je studie

  • Je helpt mee met bij de strategie rondom de benodigde productie rondom samenvattingen en studiehulp.
  • Je redigeert de aangeleverde samenvattingen.
  • Je doet de lay out van aangeleverde samenvattingen.
  • Je helpt mee met de productie rondom samenvattingen en studiehulp.

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  • Je bent bezig zijn met thema's als kennisdeling, didactiek en e-learning.
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Article summary with A dark side of happiness? How, when, and why happiness is not always good by Gruber et al. - Exclusive

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There has been a lot of research that has proven why the pursuit of happiness is good. There is no doubt that happiness is often beneficial. On the basis of the robust benefits of happiness, it is tempting to conclude that happiness is always beneficial and that people should aim to enhance their happiness in any way possible. This article is a review of the other, "dark side" of happiness. Four questions will be answered in this article:

  1. Is there
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Article summary with Very happy people by Diener & Seligman (2)

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This is a research report of an experiment where 222 undergraduates were screened for high happiness. The upper 10% of consistently very happy people were compared with average people and very unhappy people. This study has tried to find out what some factor might be that influence high happiness: social relationships, personality and psychopathology, and variables that have been related to subjective well-being in correlational studies. It also examined whether there was a variable that was sufficient for happiness and a variable that was necessary for happiness (sufficient: everyone with the variable is happy, necessary: every happy person has the variable).

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Article summary of Very happy people by Diener & Seligman. (1)

What is this article about?

This is a research report of an experiment where 222 undergraduates were screened for high happiness. The upper 10% of consistently very happy people were compared with average people and very unhappy people. This study has tried to find out what some factor might be that influence high happiness: social relationships, personality and psychopathology, and variables that have been related to subjective well-being in correlational studies. It also examined whether there was a variable that was sufficient for happiness and a variable that was necessary for happiness (sufficient: everyone with the variable is happy, necessary: every happy person has the variable).

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When I was an Erasmus student in Alicante, Spain, one of the dear friends I made shared the following poem with me when saying goodbye. The poem really touches me, I love it, wise words and so beautifully written by this German author and poet. That's why I wanted to share it with the world! It's ab...

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The Promise of Sustainable Happiness Boehm, J. K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (in press). The promise of sustainable happiness. In S. J. Lopez (Ed.), Handbook of positive psychology (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press The article suggests that, despite several barriers withholding people to increa...

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