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The backbone of the most popular course at Harvard today. A lot of great exercises to complete! I liked his hamburger model to describe people
- the vegetarian burger is the rat racer - future benefit, present detriment - inability to enjoy what they are doing and their persistent belief that once they reach a certain destination they will be happy.
- the junk-food burger is the hedonist - future detriment, present benefit - seeks pleasure, avoids pain.
- the worst burger is the nihilist - future detriment, present detriment - resigned to the belief that life has no meaning, chained to the past - past failures, affect the future - no matter what one does, one can't attain happiness
- the ideal burger is the one that creates happiness - future benefit, present benefit - we enjoy the journey on our way to a destination we deem valuable, happiness is the experience of climbing toward the peak.
Happiness is the ultimate currency, not gold or prestige - Happiness perception, we guide or life around how we can find meaning and pleasure rather than how we can acquire more money and more possessions (material perception). All there is to life is the day-to-day, the ordinary, the details of the mosaic. We are living a happy life when we derive pleasure and meaning while spending time with our loved ones, or learning something new, or engaging in a project at work. The more of our days are filled with these experiences the happier we become. This is all there is to it.