So For Decisions About Happiness You Essentially

So Gut Tells You "how Do I Feel About This Right Now?" It Doesn't Tell Me How I Feel About It Tomorrow Or Even A Few Minutes From Now. It Just Tells Me How I'm Feeling Right Now.

Being A Sikh Meant Having To Do What Mom And Dad Said, And Going To Temple, And Mom And Dad Choosing Who I Would Marry. But Going To An American School Taught Me That I Was The One Who's Supposed To Make Those Choices.

First-generation Children Were Strongly Influenced By Their Immigrant Parents' Approach To Choice. For Them, Choice Was Not Just A Way Of Defining And Asserting Their Individuality, But A Way To Create Community And Harmony By Deferring To The Choices Of People Whom They Trusted And Respected.

In Order To 'hold Fast' To Something, One Must Allow Oneself To Be Held To Something. That Commitment May Be One Of The Hardest Things To Practice In A World Of So Much Choice.

The Less Control People Had Over Their Work, The Higher Their Blood Pressure During Work Hours. Moreover, Blood Pressure At Home Was Unrelated To The Level Of Job Control, Indicating That The Spike During Work Hours Was Specifically Caused By Lack Of Choice On The Job. People With Little Control Over Their Work Also Experienced More Back Pain, Missed More Days Of Work Due To Illness In General, And Had Higher Rates Of Mental Illness-the Human Equivalent Of Stereotypies, Resulting In The Decreased Quality Of Life Common To Animals Reared In Captivity.