Does success make us miserable?
This is a special edition of WSJ's newsletter to tell you about a new column called Science of Success. In it, long-time WSJ writer Ben Cohen delves into what makes people, teams and ideas work in business, culture and beyond.
Mr. Cohen, who authored “The Hot Hand,” a book about the mystery, science and magic of streaks, launched this new venture by answering whether success leads to sorrow and investigating how one NASA engineer turned a $10 billion debacle into a groundbreaking scientific mission. (One that's bringing us spectacular images of distant galaxies in unprecedented detail.)
Check out Science of Success and other leadership and career stories below.?
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The Happiness Data That Wrecks a Freudian Theory
Does success make us miserable? This theory that dates back a century to Freud himself was put under the microscope by a team of psychologists—who found that Freud had slipped. The exceptionally successful were not unhappy. In fact, if anything, the opposite: They were healthier and happier than the unsuccessful.?
The Engineer Who Kickstarted One of NASA’s Greatest Advances
Today, the James Webb Space Telescope is an observatory so powerful it makes the Hubble Space Telescope look like a pair of binoculars. It’s a million miles away from Earth on an astonishing adventure, as part of a mission with the potential to change the way we think about life itself. But first, it had to work.
How Norway Wrote a Pandemic Playbook for the World
How and why did Norway perform better during the pandemic than almost every other country on the planet? The Norwegians decided to find out. They appointed a panel that has produced nearly 1,000 pages showing where they succeeded and where they failed—and providing lessons for every nation willing to learn from the past two years.
Elsewhere in The Wall Street Journal
Check out some of the Journal’s other best-read stories on work life and the office over the past week:
? Is That Remote Job Opening Really Remote? Check the Fine Print? (Read)?
? Behold, the Mid-Year Raise? (Read)
? Bosses Swear by the 90-Day Rule to Keep Workers? (Read)
This newsletter was curated by Angela Yang, a careers and work reporter based in New York. Let us know what you think at [email protected].?
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2 年Everybody is looking for the success .The majority of people on the planet got happiness and success and wealth . But there is a question at the end : Am I happy ? Do you feel happy doing all this? Can you find the understanding of your actions fighting for the result you want. Happiness is when people around you are understanding you perfectly. To understand the person around you is the happiness. It should be this way on all levels of society.
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2 年Is it true that success brings us misery? No, but I believe that meaningful rights that go wrong have the potential to ruin success. My perspective on success is unique, coming from the ground up. When the true definition of success is overcoming an impossibility and pushing through all of the people who profiled one's abilities to do a specific job until it is completed. With good intentions, self-fulfillment allows us to feel successful in all aspects of our lives. Learning to trust our instincts about things that our eyes have ruled out as impossible. That is a representation of success or of someone who is successful. Success, in my opinion, does not bring us misery unless our intentions and motivating factors are flawed. Many factors contribute to the development of a successful person. Whatever path you take, it's as simple as believing in the little engine that could.
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