#432 Is Happiness Contagious (New Research Says Yes)
Happiness Podcast
Dr. Robert Puff, Ph.D.
4.4 • 920 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Is Happiness Contagious (New Research Says Yes)
What if our happiness influences the people around us? Could you imagine the positive changes we could have on others? A recent study suggested that not only does our jollity help others feel happiness, but this happiness also spreads to others. Explore the power of our joyful state.
Harvard Medical School. (2008, December 5). Happiness Is 'Infectious' In Network Of Friends: Collective -- Not Just Individual -- Phenomenon. ScienceDaily. Retrieved April 23, 2023 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081205094506.htm
James H Fowler, Nicholas A Christakis. Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study. British Medical Journal, December 4, 2008
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the happiness podcast. I'm Dr. Robert Puff. One of my favorite things to do |
| 0:10.0 | is when I'm out and about is smile at people. |
| 0:13.0 | And the truth is, it can really vary the types of responses I get. |
| 0:17.0 | I almost never get negative responses. |
| 0:19.0 | And a lot of times I get no response because they didn't even notice that I was smiling at them. |
| 0:24.0 | But sometimes, say half the time down to 1 out of 10, I get a smile back. |
| 0:31.2 | And sometimes I get a really big smile back. You can see that their day is different as |
| 0:36.5 | mine is in that moment because we connected on the level where we're sharing our |
| 0:40.8 | happiness. And I've been doing this for years. |
| 0:44.3 | Sometimes people tease me about it. |
| 0:46.5 | Sometimes they think I'm a little silly. |
| 0:48.5 | But I still do it, and I do it everywhere around the world, |
| 0:51.3 | wherever I'm traveling, whether it's a big city or small town, I like to smile at people. |
| 0:57.0 | And sometimes it even turns into a conversation like how's your day going? What's going on? We just connect for a little bit. It may not be long. It can just be a pause. |
| 1:04.8 | How's your day going? I'm glad your day is going well. Mine is too. Now I know for |
| 1:10.0 | sure doing this has a lot of positive effect on my life. I mean again I'm |
| 1:14.8 | getting people throughout the day, smiling at me, giving me big hellos back, and |
| 1:19.4 | it really does add to my day. It makes it pleasant, it makes it enjoyable, and it's like I get these |
| 1:25.4 | little bursts of joy throughout the day, just by connecting with people. And I will definitely |
| 1:30.3 | be continuing it for the rest of my life. It is something that's an important part |
| 1:34.8 | of who I am and I like it. But does it really make any difference in anyone else's life? |
| 1:40.6 | Well, actually I have some really good news. There was a study done by researchers at Harvard Medical |
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