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“Any prolonged or repeated departures from hedonic or affective neutrality . . . have a cost.”
Anna Lembke • Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
In the 1970s, psychologists Donald Campbell and Philip Brickman were studying happiness and came across a persistent fact: changes in life circumstances had little measurable impact on happiness as we adjust to the new reality.
Scott Galloway • The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Success
Happiness, or “flow,” occurs when we are: • intensely focused on an activity • of our own choosing, that is • neither underchallenging (boreout) nor overchallenging (burnout), that has • a clear objective, and that receives • immediate feedback.
Mikael Krogerus • The Decision Book: Fifty Models for Strategic Thinking (Fully Revised Edition)
Renowned Yale professor and happiness psychologist Dr. Laurie
Liz Moody • 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success
Notes from Two Scientific Psychologists
psychsciencenotes.blogspot.comMihaly made the case for “positive psychology”: that we should primarily focus on the things that make life worth living, and find ways to boost them.
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
Psychology
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Campbell and Brickman coined the term “hedonic treadmill”