Patricia Mou

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Most of us, however, develop a portfolio of meaning – we have multiple sources of it in our lives, and cannot in fact derive it from only one source any more than we can be healthy on a diet of bread and water.

1. Intellectual Curiosity.  Intellectual curiosity is a real-world superpower.

We think too much of production, and too little of consumption. One result is that we attach too little importance to enjoyment and simple happiness, and that we do not judge production by the pleasure that it gives to the consumer.

A first principle is a basic assumption that cannot be deduced from any other assumption. In Mathematics, these are called axioms.

Time is not fungible – a given moment of opportunity, or a chance to respond appropriately to a crisis, might not occur again.

Some research has indicated that an exercise consisting of imagining and writing about one’s best possible self increases various aspects of well-being (King, 2001; Boehm, Lyubomirsky, and Sheldon, 2011; Layous, Nelson, and Lyubomirsky, 2013).

The modern man thinks that everything ought to be done for the sake of something else, and never for its own sake.