Want to be rich? Just be happy!

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Written By: Admin | Updated : December 27, 2012 12:21 PM IST

Happiness in your teens will make you wealthy later in life, or at least that's what researchers say. Smiling and cheerful teens are more likely to earn more than sad adolescents when they grow up claims a study which tracked 15,000 subjects, reports the Daily Telegraph.

Even among siblings, happier teens earn more than their less cheerful brothers or sisters. Dr Jan-Emmanuel De Neve from University College London and Professor Andrew Oswald from the University of Warwick, found that happy individuals greater wealth is due partly to them being more likely to get a degree, a job and get promoted faster than their gloomier counterparts.

These findings show that the emotional well-being of children and adolescents is key to their future success, Dr De Neve said.

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