| Who is the happiest person in America?
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| | best place to live, which is Virginia
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| USA Today featured Happiest Person in a
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| | Beach, in case you didn't know. If
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| cover story in its USA Weekend magazine.
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| | somebody even happier than Happiest
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| Bad news: it's not you. Nor is it
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| | Person lives in San Francisco or Vermont,
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| me.Just how did they find Happiest Person
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| | the USA Today research team does not want
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| and determine that he is indeed the
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| | to know.Why confine their search to one
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| happiest person in America? The USA
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| | town? Could geography be the secret to
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| Today research team appears to have used
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| | happiness that Seligman failed to
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| an elegantly simple three-step
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| | mention? True, research does show that
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| process.First, they identified "the
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| | people living in free societies tend to
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| world's leading authority on happiness",
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| | be happier than others, but there is no
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| Martin Seligman ... which must have come
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| | evidence that where you live within the
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| as a wee bit of a surprise to several of
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| | free world makes a difference.Sex. Women
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| his equally well-known and equally
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| | are prone to higher emotional highs and
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| well-respected peers. How they picked
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| | lower emotional lows, whereas men are
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| Seligman remains more of a mystery than
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| | prone to more constant emotions. So
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| how a land-locked nation of mountains and
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| | Happiest Person must be a man, concludes
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| yodeling became home to the holy grail of
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| | USA Today. While the science does hit
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| yachting, but we are working feverishly
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| | the bull's eye, the conclusion misses the
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| to crack the code.Next, they asked
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| | barn wall. I suppose they'll be telling
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| Seligman to name six principles of
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| | us that Seattle is the sunniest spot in
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| happiness. Seligman listed couple
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| | America because the weather fluctuates
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| strengths, a win-win approach, savoring
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| | less than in The Sunshine State.Family.
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| success, playing to one's strengths,
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| | Happiest Person is married, has children,
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| opening doors to opportunity and finding
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| | and is healthy. People with intimate
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| meaning in life.Finally, they applied
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| | relationships do tend to be happier, and
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| Seligman's principles to determine who
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| | marriage is a fairly good indicator
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| best matches them. Naawww, just kidding.
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| | (especially for men). And health is
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| That would make way too much sense.
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| | important. These may not be among
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| Instead, USA Today created a make-believe
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| | Seligman's six principles, but let's not
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| process of its own that stands out from
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| | argue against good health.Money. Happiest
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| Seligman's list like the Jolly Green
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| | person has a "good, dependable job" as a
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| Giant at a dwarf convention. Here is the
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| | stockbroker, a 2,300 square foot house
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| USA Today process.Geography. It seems
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| | (with an eat-in kitchen and a deck!).
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| that Happiest Person must live in the
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