Mar 21st, 2007
Gross Domestic Happiness Index continues to drop in February
You have to love a country that has a Gross Domestic Happiness Index & actually measures it from time to time like any other metric for success.
What’s especially interesting is the last paragraph where they say that people who follow a sufficiency economy are happier than those that follow “luxurious living.”
Thailand’s Gross Domestic Happiness Index (GDHI) in February continued to drop to 5.66 from its peak of 6.30 in September 2007, according to a recent survey.
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What made Thai people happy is culture and tradition, and specific characteristics of Thais such as loyalty, friendship, kindness with each other, appreciation towards royally-supported projects, and living under the sufficiency economy philosophy.
The survey also found that the number of people, who have changed lifestyle to His Majesty the King’s sufficiency economy principle, increased to 39 per cent from 32.1 per cent in January. It showed also that the number of people who are happy with their lives under the sufficiency economy principle has risen as high as 54.4 per cent, while those who are happy with luxurious living is only 14.9 per cent.
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