Simple happiness

Drivers of happiness

Briggs Uhler

What matters enough (to me) to suffer for?

adapted from Aidan Steinbach’s Why Adulthood is hard

Treat your body as you would a baby

How to listen — really listen — to someone you don’t agree with

Tania Israel ideas.ted.com

Money is a byproduct, not a motivation.

Vicky • Barry Diller: Instinct Over Algorithms

When coming to a fork in your life journey—any fork—ask yourself these two questions:

Can I tolerate the worst case scenario?
Will this be an interesting life experience?

from Paul Bascobert’s Kettering University 2023 commencement speech

Spend time more carefully than money – you only run out of time once.

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It may not surprise you that your life journey is the net sum of all the choices that you make along the way. What might surprise you though is that where most people mess up is not making the good or bad life choices, it’s actually missing the choices that pass them—unnoticed—as they barrel through life.

-Paul Bascobert

my bold; from Kettering University 2023 commencement speech

What are the 20% of my belongings that I use 80% of the time?

Consider asking this frequently and getting rid of things that aren’t used and don’t bring purpose

The results show that those who do not enjoy pleasure-driven activities are more depressed, anxious, and stressed. The findings suggest happiness may be driven not only by whether people engage in leisure, but whether they find value in what they are doing.

How to listen — really listen — to someone you don’t agree with

Vicky • Barry Diller: Instinct Over Algorithms

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How You View Leisure Time Could Be Making You Less Happy