# A Harvard psychologist says too many people think about happiness all wrong

<http://www.businessinsider.com/harvard-psychologist-key-to-being-happier-2016-8>

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## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

But psychologists are increasingly discovering that when it comes to happiness, trying can backfire. Instead, the paradoxical key to true happiness seems to be accepting unhappiness — not forcing yourself to feel how you don't.

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