Graduates
of "fourth-tier" law schools are happier with
practice, on average, than are graduates of "first-tier" law schools.
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Exercise
modifies pathways in the brain to make them better equipped to handle
stress.
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Older lawyers
are generally happier than younger lawyers with their career.
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Residents
of Denmark are happier than residents of any other nation on the planet.
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With
very few exceptions, things that happen to us today will have no effect
on our happiness level three months from now.
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Roughly half
of happiness is determined by genetics.
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Over half of
lawyers are "very satisfied" with their careers, making
lawyers happier than most workers in 198 surveyed jobs, in between
slightly happier physicians and slightly less happy accountants.
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Work spaces with high
ceilings promote expansive thinking while work places with lower
ceilings are better for detail work.
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Lawyers
are more likely to be "big picture"
thinkers, pessimistic,
and introverted than are most non-lawyers.
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Beyond about
$75,000 or so, additional income contributes very little to overall
happiness.
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Female lawyers
and male lawyers are about equally happy with their careers, but women
complain more about lack of "work-life balance."
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The
intellectual challenge of law best matches lawyers expectations as they
entered practice; "ability to contribute to the public good" falls most
short of expectations.
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Our
happiness is strongly influenced by the happiness of those around us.
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Meditation increases well-being and boosts immune systems.
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Losing $1000
hurts more than gaining $1000 makes us happy.
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Lawyers
in smaller firms are generally happier than lawyers in large firms.
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Lawyers in
public sector jobs are generally happier with their career than lawyers
in private practice.
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People do a
remarkably poor job of predicting their future levels of happiness.
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