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What makes us Happy?
I recently watched Psychologist Dan Gilbert's excellent presentation on happiness. It is from 2004 - but I think the message is just as fresh today as it was back then.
He makes 3 interesting points:
- We are not very good at determining what makes us happy
- We always adapt to define happiness as to whatever it is that we already own.
- We are happier when we have to make a choice and are forced to stick with it - than to make a choice that we can change later. The thought of being able to change our minds makes us indecisive.
Really worth a look (21 minutes - from TED)
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Published: Sep. 8, 2007
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Thomas Baekdal is a Writer, Interaction Designer, Change Advocate and Project Manager.