Sunday, February 17, 2008

The Keys to Happiness

Which is the happiest country in the world? According to a scientific study by Leicester University in England, it's Denmark. And that's despite having one of the highest tax rates in the world! Morley Safer explores why it's so great to be a Dane, and talks with a Harvard psychology lecturer who has some tips on being happy, no matter where you live!

The Keys to Happiness
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This is a really refreshing topic, as oppsosing to the segments prior to this one.
Posted by avalancherules2001 on Sun, Feb 17, 2008 7:14 PM ET
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Barack Obama 08!!!
Posted by navybrother7 on Sun, Feb 17, 2008 10:29 PM ET
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oh of course socialist denmark....pfff how sad -.-
Posted by gb_fan15 on Mon, Feb 18, 2008 12:23 AM ET
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...O_o
Posted by reinafire on Mon, Feb 18, 2008 12:30 AM ET
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It's simple... Happiness doesn't mean that everything is perfect...it means that you have decided to look beyond the imperfections.
Posted by beuhlere on Mon, Feb 18, 2008 12:31 AM ET
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Secrets for a Happy Life... Be Guided by Goodness, Fuel Your Life and Your Work With Fun, Avoid the Fault Finding Feel Goods and All Unnecessary, Non-productive Negativity, Choose Your Mood and Your Attitude, Move From Problems To Solutions Quickly, Have High Integrity.... See HappinessBlog.com and HappinessHabit.com for more insights for living a Happy Life!!!! Michele Moore HappinessHabit.com HappinessBlog.com
Posted by happinesshabits on Mon, Feb 18, 2008 12:44 AM ET
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i lived in denmark for 2 years and i keep hearing this CRAP that it is the happiest country in the world. bull! they are equal opportunity haters...if you are a foreigner you are the worst thing in the world because of course you are there to "steal" all their good things...ahh, yes because they are the only country in the world with a health care system they must be happy? i have never been treated so poorly and i even learned their language and tried very hard to integrate and nothing worked. they do not accept you, white, black, brown, whatever your skin colour...so before you read this garbage and move there, know this...it is NOT the happiest country in the world. after living there for 2 years i would rather have lived in a third world country with no running water than the hell i went through there. danes are not nice, you just don't understand what they are saying. i could go on but i just want to forget that i spent 2 awful years there...oh and don't even get me started on how expensive it is. just a hint, if you are foolish enough to go, don't bother to take your credit card, they don't take credit cards that aren't danish, if it is not danish, it is not good enough. college is free...who cares! those idiots go to school and then, oh i don't want to do this, i think i will take something else because i can...oh, i don't want to do that either, maybe i will just get a sick note for 5 months, i feel i am a bit stressed. do you know how many danes do crap like that...of course they have no stress, they don't do anything. and god forbid you are one of the poor refugees that get stuck in denmark by the EU, you might as well hang yourself, no one cares, no one will help you. when danes are around refugees (not by choice of course) they look at them with such hate and disdain, i have never been so embarrassed in my life as when i was at the airport and all those danes were waving their stupid flags and this muslim man ran to greet his family, they were hugging and crying and all the danes moved away from him and were all poo poo towards him. this man loved his family and all they could do was glare at him because he was not a dane...i have lived in a lot of countries and never before have i left somewhere having no friends from the country i was living in. this story needs to be stopped, even queen marghrethes in her new year's eve speech a few years back gave her fellow danes a stern warning to smarten up, they needed to be nicer and more accepting of others...their queen gave them crap for their poor behaviour! and i guess we are all just forgetting the mohammed cartoons a few years back too??? ah, yes, we can draw whatever we want about whoever we want and offend millions of people...why? because they are danes! well, that backfired just a bit...let's see arla foods (danish) lost how many millions of kroner because other countries wouldn't buy their products...lego was banned in some countries..so, yes let's keep writing garbage. i love how someone who has never lived somewhere can come up with a survey and claim somewhere the happiest place because they have health care, and free college, yup...good bull!
Posted by hummingbird2soar on Mon, Feb 18, 2008 12:48 AM ET
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Denmark is a beautiful country with a wonderful culture. If someone cannot appreciate a country such as this and all it has to offer, then its wasted on a person who fails to see the value in culture, pride, lifestyle, and setting. Denmark has all of this. Danes know what they have and cherish it. Hmmm-- couldn't we all learn something from this?
Posted by baolden on Mon, Feb 18, 2008 1:03 AM ET
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The key to happiness, is no more taxes pleeeeeeeeeese!
Posted by abolearis on Mon, Feb 18, 2008 1:05 AM ET
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WOW I suggest everyone read Hummingbird2soar's comment above. Sounds like we are getting a real first hand impression of the place and not some author who has never been to Denmark biasd opinion
Posted by evil_eddie42 on Mon, Feb 18, 2008 1:08 AM ET
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