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Exploring The Frontiers Of Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
Exploring The Frontiers Of Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
The take-away
Gilbert gives heaps of interesting examples to show how bad we are at comparing costs and estimating value, and the problem of shifting comparisons. As a result, we make poor decisions about what will make us happy.
In essence:
- we underestimate the odds of our future pains, and
- we overestimate the value of our present pleasures.
My 2 cents
To put it another way: immediate gratification ain’t so gratifying – our brains simply trick us into thinking it will be.
Knowing that, we may find greater happiness if we adopt those old-fashioned virtues of patience, persistence and discipline.
But not when it comes to chocolate.
What is Self – Help
Self-help or self-improvement is a self-guided improvement—economically, intellectually, or emotionally—often with a substantial psychological basis.
Many different self-help group programs exist, each with its own focus, techniques, associated beliefs, proponents and in some cases, leaders.
Concepts and terms originating in self-help culture and Twelve-Step culture, such as recovery, dysfunctional families, and codependency have become firmly integrated in mainstream language.
Self-help often utilizes publicly available information or support groups, on the Internet as well as in person, where people in similar situations join together.
From early examples in self-driven legal practice and home-spun advice, the connotations of the word have spread and often apply particularly to education, business,
psychology and psychotherapy, commonly distributed through the popular genre of self-help books.
According to the APA Dictionary of Psychology, potential benefits of self-help groups that professionals may not be able to provide include friendship,
emotional support, experiential knowledge, identity, meaningful roles, and a sense of belonging.
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