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Success does not mean happiness. Check out any celebrity magazine to look for examples to disabuse you of thinking that being beautiful, successful or rich will make you happy.

Shawn Achor

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Shawn Achor
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: March 9
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Waco
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