Happiness.
Posted on October 31st, 2007 by On a Limb w/ Claudia
Check out this video about happiness. Dr. Dan Gilbert shares some fascinating research about choice and happiness.The vid is 20 minutes long - and well worth the time. Check it out!
Video blurb:
Psychologist Dan Gilbert challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel real, enduring happiness, he says, even when things don’t go as planned. He calls this kind of happiness “synthetic happiness,” and he says it’s “every bit as real and enduring as the kind of happiness you stumble upon when you get exactly what you were aiming for.”
And he’s not a complete moron - go ahead, check it out.
Filed under: Experts, Worth a look! Check it out!
I’ll have to come back and watch the video when I have a bit more time, but I always feel like happiness is more easily felt when it’s been preceded by a bit of disappointment or suffering. It makes it feel that much more precious.
Los Angelista - That’s a great point. It’s interesting because one of the studies he quotes says that people’s happiness is the equal 3 months after winning the lottery or getting hit by a car. Go figure.
Great video, Claudia. Thank you for sharing. It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from Abraham Lincoln:
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.