On average, happiness declines as we approach middle age, bottoming out in our 40s but then picking back up as we head into retirement, according to a number of studies. This so-called U-shaped curve ...

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"The U-shaped curve was one of the most important patterns in social science, until it wasn't," he says. "What we've ...

Scholars have long assumed happiness was like a U-shaped curve − which looks a bit like a smile. Richard Baker/In Pictures via Getty Images Happiness over one’s lifetime has been popularly described ...

There are some immutable laws of nature. Fighting time, tides, taxes and u-shaped profit curves is futile. Accept their existence and focus on battles you can win your way. This is true from fashion ...

You’ve undoubtedly heard of the midlife crisis as well as its counterpart in large cross-national studies of happiness across the years of adulthood. Psychologists who study personality in middle and ...

Below is reprint of a story by Suzy Taherian, UC Davis Graduate School of Management lecturer. It was originally published in Forbes. Reprinted with permission. The key question on restarting the ...

You’ve undoubtedly heard of the midlife crisis as well as its counterpart in large cross-national studies of happiness across the years of adulthood. Psychologists who study personality in middle and ...

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Financial planners talk about three phases in retirement: the go-go years, the slow-go years and the no-go years. Expenses tend to be highest at the beginning and end of retirement — creating a ...