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We've been told that money actually can buy some happiness: especially if you make up to $75,000 a year (and can take care of all of your basic needs), and if you spend that money on helping others. But how do the poorest people in the world experience happiness? Here, I talk to Katherine Boo, author of Behind the Beautiful Forevers, a new non-fiction book about the men and women who live in a Mumbai slum called Annawadi.

Your ears are up around your eyebrows and your jaw is permanently clenched, so much so that you fear for the integrity of your tooth enamel if a colleague cc’s you on one more (insert favourite expletive here) email.

If given a choice between going to work with no makeup and tastefully dressed or going to work with full makeup but wearing that ketchup-stained sweatshirt you slept in the night before what would you choose?

Does hating your job increase your risk of excessive carb consumption, a.k.a. Death by Timbit? It seems so, particularly among women.

What’s your top priority in life: a great career or an enduring, loving relationship? More importantly, which one of these goals do you work hardest to achieve in your day-to-day thoughts and actions?