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Deciding what to do for a living or what career we wish to embark in life, is not an easy task. The decision can be challenging if we feel limited in our abilities or qualifications. Also difficult is when the job market doesn't look too promising. But, the toughest decision is when we feel conflicted in choosing between a job that gratify our aspirations for a social status or our wish for the highest salary attainable against the wish for passionate interests .

Mark Easton goes on a journey to understand what lasting happiness is. The six-part series looks at the newest research, examine the latest policy proposals, and meet the most cutting-edge thinkers from around the world.

We are richer than ever before. We live longer, own more property and induldge in greater luxuries. So why aren't we getting any happier? One concern, above all, keeps us awake at night: status. Am I a success? Have I made it? Do I have the right car, the right clothes? Do people think I'm a loser and should I really care?

Schopenhauer on Love - Alain De Botton surveys the 19th Century German thinker Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) who believed that love was the most important thing in life because of its powerful impulse towards 'the will-to-life'.