What will most help you lead a long happy and healthy life? Is it making lots of money? Is it a great job that you enjoy? Perhaps it’s fame. If you ask a young person, many are likely to give you one of those answers. Or possibly all three. Some cultures put more importance on work and money than others. Americans can be obsessed with their jobs and making money. They might feel the need to make lots of money for education, medical care, homes and cars. But it’s not just about the money. For many Americans, self-worth is linked to our professional success or failure. Many of us spend most of our lives working, sacrificing other activities. Imagine if we could visit our older selves and ask -- What would you have done differently to be truly happy? But we can’t do that. We could learn about what makes people happy, and what does not, by studying people over the course of their lives.
Title: What Makes Us Happy?
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2358/what_makes_us_happy.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='What Makes Us Happy?' data-article-id='2874'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='5271'>What will most help you lead a long happy and healthy life?</span> <span data-start-time='5271' data-end-time='8167'>Is it making lots of money?</span> <span data-start-time='8167' data-end-time='11021'>Is it a great job that you enjoy?</span> <span data-start-time='11021' data-end-time='13396'>Perhaps it’s fame.</span> <span data-start-time='13396' data-end-time='19104'>If you ask a young person, many are likely to give you one of those answers.</span> <span data-start-time='19104' data-end-time='21729'>Or possibly all three.</span> <span data-start-time='21729' data-end-time='27896'>Some cultures put more importance on work and money than others.</span> <span data-start-time='27896' data-end-time='33250'>Americans can be obsessed with their jobs and making money.</span> <span data-start-time='33250' data-end-time='41688'>They might feel the need to make lots of money for education, medical care, homes and cars.</span> <span data-start-time='41688' data-end-time='45583'>But it’s not just about the money.</span> <span data-start-time='45583' data-end-time='52625'>For many Americans, self-worth is linked to our professional success or failure.</span> <span data-start-time='52625' data-end-time='60063'>Many of us spend most of our lives working, sacrificing other activities.</span> <span data-start-time='60063' data-end-time='65417'>Imagine if we could visit our older selves and ask --</span> <span data-start-time='65417' data-end-time='70021'>What would you have done differently to be truly happy?</span> <span data-start-time='70021' data-end-time='73208'>But we can’t do that.</span> <span data-start-time='73208' data-end-time='83208'>We could learn about what makes people happy, and what does not, by studying people over the course of their lives.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2358/working_longer.m4a'><span>working longer</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=10126 data-hint-location='52625' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2358/many_of_us_spend_most_of_our_lives__blank_.m4a'>Many of us spend most of our lives <span class='blank'>working</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='working'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2358/healthy.m4a'><span>healthy</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2358/working.m4a'><span>working</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2358/happy.m4a'><span>happy</span></div><div class='choice' 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