Business Standard

Scientists were surprised to find that the same equation could be used to predict how happy participants would be while they played the smartphone game, even though the people could win only points and not money.

They found that overall wealth accumulated during the experiment was not a good predictor of happiness.

Instead, moment-to-moment happiness depended on the recent history of rewards and expectations.

“It is often said that you will be happier if your expectations are lower. We find that there is some truth to this: lower expectations make it more likely that an outcome will exceed those expectations and have a positive impact on happiness,” Rutledge maintained.

So many marriages come apart for no reason other then irrationally high expectations.

There’s something to be said about just accepting we’re all human and giving each other a little grace…