{"id":469,"date":"2008-02-21T07:29:25","date_gmt":"2008-02-21T14:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/469\/fun-with-the-2x2-happiness-edition"},"modified":"2014-08-26T16:45:09","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T21:45:09","slug":"fun-with-the-2x2-happiness-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/fun-with-the-2x2-happiness-edition\/469\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun With The 2\u00c3\u20142, Happiness Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Following Kevin&#8217;s Fun With Statistics series, I&#8217;ll be doing a Fun With The 2&#215;2 Matrix series.\u00a0 In this part of the series, we&#8217;ll be looking at the dynamic between Success and Happiness.<\/p>\n<p>Most variables in life can probably be better modeled as a function, showing th inflection point at which there might be too much of a thing, or where too much of a thing results in a decline of another equally important variable.\u00a0 But, the 2&#215;2 Matrix can also be useful and descriptive.<\/p>\n<h2>Happiness versus Success<\/h2>\n<p>Is it true that the more successful you the happier you are?\u00a0 Let&#8217;s take a look:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10299 aligncenter\" title=\"how-to-be-happy-at-work\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/how-to-be-happy-at-work.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/how-to-be-happy-at-work.jpg 500w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/how-to-be-happy-at-work-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/hansei-what-is-really-important\/414\/\">Hansei<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Like most people &#8212; perhaps &#8212; I&#8217;ve found myself occupying all the cells at certain points in my life.\u00a0 As a whole, though &#8212; which I find troubling &#8212; is that I usually feel that I&#8217;m in the upper-left quadrant or bottom-right.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s dichotomous, I know; which is why I&#8217;m troubled by that discovery.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m told that most successful people inwardly feel that they are in the upper-left quadrant.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure if I buy into that completely.<\/p>\n<p>Where do you find yourself?\u00a0 Do you see a dynamic in your life between success and happiness?<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Kevin&#8217;s Fun With Statistics series, I&#8217;ll be doing a Fun With The 2&#215;2 Matrix series.\u00a0 In this part of the series, we&#8217;ll be looking at the dynamic between Success and Happiness. 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