{"id":4840,"date":"2025-11-26T09:43:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T09:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frankrechsteiner.de\/contentment-beats-happiness-point\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T09:52:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T09:52:36","slug":"contentment-beats-happiness-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frankrechsteiner.de\/en\/contentment-beats-happiness-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Contentment beats happiness. 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