Uptick Your Thoughts
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Believe it or not, but rapid thinking makes people happier. If thinking “happy thoughts” isn’t getting it done for you then your best bet is to think faster. This means thinking about a string of things back-to-back at a higher rate than usual.
Princeton and Harvard made research participants think quickly by having them read ideas at a fast pace, generate ideas, or watch I Love Lucy on fast-forward. The others did these things at a regular pace. “Results suggested that thinking fast made participants feel more elated, creative and, to a lesser degree, energetic and powerful,” wrote Siri Carpenter for Scientific American.
