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What makes people flourish? A new survey of more than 200,000 people across 22 countries looks for global patterns and local differences

  • Written by Victor Counted, Associate Professor of Psychology, Regent University
imageFlourishing is about your whole life being good, including the people and places around you.Westend61 via Getty Images

What does it mean to live a good life? For centuries, philosophers, scientists and people of different cultures have tried to answer this question. Each tradition has a different take, but all agree: The good life is more than just...

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