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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
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
Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compasionate Conservatism Who Gives, Who Doesn't, and Why It Matters
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The late Dr. Hans Selye, in his monumental research on stress, basically says that a long, healthy, and happy life is the result of making contributions, of having meaningful projects that are personally exciting and contribute to and bless the lives of others. His ethic was “earn thy neighbor’s love.”
Stephen R. Covey • The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
The people around us influence how we perceive the global society. In other words, we use our own social milieu to make inferences about how people we don’t know live their lives. But this may backfire when we live in homogeneous social environments and rarely meet people living in different circumstances. English psychologist Rael Dawtry and his c
... See moreJessica C. Flack • Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight: The Evolving Idea of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, 1984–2019 (Compass)
Biogenic alignment: Aligning your core projects with your biogenic traits increases their sustainability.
Brian R. Little • Who Are You, Really?: The Surprising Puzzle of Personality (TED Books)
Blissipline System 3: The Practice of Giving
Vishen Lakhiani • The Code of the Extraordinary Mind: 10 Unconventional Laws to Redefine Your Life and Succeed on Your Own Terms
For example, Dale Carnegie, who wrote the international bestsellers How to Win Friends and Influence People and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, referred to Adler as “a great psychologist who devoted his life to researching humans and their latent abilities.” The influence of Adler’s thinking is clearly present throughout his writings. And in
... See moreIchiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga • The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
Adler sometimes used the expression “three social ties” to emphasize the point.