Short Stories · Section 10

Personality

We can make ourselves happier by being around the right kinds of people. Our study showed that people who had kind, helpful friends or colleagues

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1. We can make ourselves happier by being around the right kinds of people.
2. Our study showed that people who had kind, helpful friends or colleagues
3. were 75% happier than people who didn't have these kinds of friends.
4. The results also showed that one of the most important things
5. is that our friends are honest.
6. Lots of people also said that it is very important
7. for their friends to be funny.
8. The most unpopular kinds of friends were selfish and unhappy people.
9. The results also showed
10. that noisy people were often unpopular with neighbors and colleagues.
11. Not everyone we spoke to was friendly.
12. Several people were a little shy
13. and preferred to be alone most of the time.
14. These people said that they preferred to work with people
15. who were polite but not very talkative.