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What Comes First: Happiness Or Success?

Season 5 Episode 509
Aired on 05/25/2014 | CC tv-pg
Many people believe that if they work hard and attain their goals, happiness will follow. Not so, happiness researcher Shawn Achor says. Find out why he says it's impossible to find happiness while chasing a moving target. Then, Oprah shares her own story of trying to measure her success and happiness with the wrong yardstick—her linen closet.

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