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07.19.06

Where Are You on the Global Happiness Scale?

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Sure, business is important, but people matter, too. All too often we forget they go hand in hand....

Check out the Happy Planet Index. Here's what the site says:

"The Happy Planet Index addresses the relative success or failure of countries in supporting good life for their citizens, whilst repecting the environmental resource limits upon which our lives depend.
The HPI is an innovative new measure that shows the ecological efficiency with which human well-being is delivered."

When I dug deep into the site, what I found so amazing is the stark differences between nations, and the similarities among some groups of nations. You have to ask yourself why.

Discover your happiness level there -- but plan to spend a bit of time exploring first.


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Look at this: the second country at this happy level is COLOMBIA.
I'm a Colombian Marketeer, and I'm not only surprised, but very confused. I guess I will check how's this index calculated.
I'm not saying we are not happy people... what I can't do is try to explain it.

Posted by: Juan Fernando Zuluaga | 07.24.06

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