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Thank you. Very excited. Were gonna go talk to people about happiness. Oh, oh, beautiful. You guys are going to like it. Are we gonna find some happiness here . Of course. Yeah . I can feel it. Ok. Trust me. [chuckles] [horns honking] if the point of this journey is to find happiness, i need to force myself out of my comfort zone. So im visiting one of the statistically most optimistic countries on earth. This place is an avalanche of smiles and cheeriness. Iwell, i cant get past the feeling that all this positivity is gonna be the end of me. [nicky blitz blast off] getting too close, better p...

It gets you a lot. the gold standard for measuring optimism is known as the life orientation test. it asks people how strongly they agree or disagree with a series of statements like, "if something can go wrong for me, it will," or, "in uncertain times, i usually expect the best." researchers from harvard tracked female nurses over the span of four decades and found that those who reported an optimistic outlook had a 30% reduced risk of mortality versus the pessimists. the optimists were less likely to die from everything from cancer to heart failure. fortunately, optimism is proven to be cont...

It stands to reason that those of us with a sunny disposition will be happier, but science suggests the impact could be even more striking

Monty Python told us to 'always look on the bright side of life', but it seems optimism isn't as ingrained in human nature as previously thought, a new study led by the University of Bath claims.