Answer to Question #195973 in English for Dennis

Question

Based on The Happiness Factor by David Brooks

1. In a paragraph of 100 words summarise three main ideas of the text.

Answer 1

Three main ideas advanced in “The Happiness Factor” by David Brooks include: the power of the unconscious mind, the value of personal relationships and the relationship between money and happiness. According to Brooks, the unconscious mind is vast and powerful. It’s influential in controlling human actions and therefore determines one’s success in careers and relationships. Personal relationships such as marriages are an underrated source of happiness. In fact, they secure a more pronounced value of happiness than career, wealth and property, which most humans fancy. Also, the correlation between happiness and personal bond is stronger and more profound than the correlation between happiness and money.