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Nic Marks: The Happy Planet Index

Nic Marks‘ TED presentation about what really matters is inspiring and deserving of a very wide, powerful and influential audience. Please watch it and share with your coleagues, students and friends.

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    • Cody

    • 15 years ago

    Thank you for posting this. Great to hear someone talking about what really matters. This is such a great introduction to some good conversation and idea building. I would love to hear what our students think about happiness and can we change the idea about wealth being most important from an early age.

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