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By Eric Barker
Barker is the author of Barking Up The Wrong Tree
“Is there someone in your life whom you would feel comfortable phoning at four in the morning to tell your troubles to?”
Via Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being:
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This piece originally appeared on Barking Up the Wrong Tree.
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