Design your life for happiness with Elizabeth Dunn

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Design your life for happiness with Elizabeth Dunn

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Apr 17, 2020

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Psychologist Elizabeth Dunn argues that happiness is made not found and explains how our everyday choices—in matters from time to money to technology—help create it. This episode was recorded on February 5, 2020.

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Apr 17, 2020

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Head of TED Chris Anderson speaks with some of the world’s most interesting people to dig into the provocative and powerful ideas of our time.

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