Simple happiness
Drivers of happiness
Simple happiness
7 parts. All good reminders.
Optimism is a performance-enhancing drug that’s both legal and free.
While experts predicted failure, Sam Walton opened discount stores in small towns. When critics said it was ‘too risky,’ FedEx launched overnight delivery.
While pessimists write reports, optimists write history.
While experts predicted failure, Sam Walton opened discount stores in small towns. When critics said it was ‘too risky,’ FedEx launched overnight delivery.
While pessimists write reports, optimists write history.
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here’s a silly little analogy for the way I think about the role of money in my life: money is the gas in my car. it’s not in the driver's seat, and it’s not yelling instructions from the passenger seat. it fuels what I do, it’s necessary, and I need to be aware of it (insert my gas meter that is perpetually below E). but I don’t need (or want) to... See more
november edition
Adapted from Gretchen Rubin’s “Are you drifting?” quiz
The pursuit of more has displaced the question of what it is for. And when a civilization forgets to ask that question, it continues to advance in technique while it declines in wisdom.
Anthony Deden • The Illusion of Progress
more and what it is for are italicized
Same applies to our individual lives as companies as civilization
... See moreWe are nowhere as close to complicated as creatures as we think we are.
We’d like to think that humans are evolved, über complex individuals. And that because we are such complex individuals, our problems require complex fixes.
But often, they don’t. We tell ourselves our problems are complex to avoid the simple solutions that require change and
On humans being simple - we tend to overcomplicate things
my bold; from LinkedIn post
my italics; from Kettering University 2023 commencement speech
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.