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You Might Like � � � You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium Three Myths and Four Truths About How to Get Happier - The Atlantic    The most important thing to realize is that happiness is not a destination but a direction: How you travel through life is what counts. I have heard this statement from thousands of people in my career of teaching and researching happiness. I have said it myself many times; you probably have too. As the philosopher and theologian Saint Augustine declared in 426 C.E., feeling no need to offer proof, “There is no one who does not wish to be happy.” But what do we actually mean when we say we just want to be happy? Usually, that we want to achieve and keep certain feelings—of joy or simple cheerfulness—but that some obstacle prevents this. "I just want to be happy" is almost always followed by naming a source of unhappiness, such as money problems, relationship problems, health problems—or real tragedies. (As I write these words, the Maui wildfires have killed dozens, displaced thousands, and caused suffering that has affected us all.) From small problems to major catastrophes, life seems to conspire to make our wished-for happiness fleeting at best, inaccessible at worst. What a cruel paradox: We are wired to desire happiness yet seemingly doomed to a life of struggle that makes it unattainable. Continued here You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Record Number of Women in Japan Cabinet After Reshuffle - Time    Five women feature in Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s new cabinet lineup, up from the previous two and equaling a previous record, yet the influx may not point to a gender equality breakthrough in a country that struggles to appoint female leaders in most fields.  Most prominent among the new appointments is Yoko Kamikawa, a veteran former Justice Minister who becomes the country’s first woman foreign minister in almost two decades. Kamikawa, 70, is a graduate of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. “This is a giant step forward,” for a country that lags on appointing women to corporate leadership positions, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said of the appointments in a phone interview. He welcomed Kamikawa’s selection as foreign minister, describing her as “very capable.” Continued here You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Afghanistan: Chinese envoy to Kabul first since Taliban takeover - Middle East Monitor    Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, accepted the credentials of Mr Zhao Xing, the new Chinese ambassador to Afghanistan on 13 September 2023 [bakhtarnews/X] A new Chinese ambassador presented his credentials to the Taliban prime minister in Kabul on Wednesday, Reuters has reported. Afghan officials added that this is the first appointment of a new foreign envoy at ambassadorial level since the Taliban took over the government in 2021. The Taliban has not been recognised officially by any foreign government. It was not immediately clear if Wednesday’s appointment signalled any steps that Beijing is heading towards formal recognition of the movement. China’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to Reuters request for comment. Continued here

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