A Moment of Clarity in the Pursuit of Happiness
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#2Definitely the dumbest article I've ever read on HN. I especially disliked the little math exercise at the end where the first 18-20 years of your life "spent learning" are removed from your total of possible happy time.
Don't waste .000041% of your life by reading this post.
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#3I just read a chapter of a Csikszentmihalyi book for my sociology class on creativity, I am currently reading "The Happiness Hypothesis" which just referenced Csikszentmihalyi, and now I read this blog post who quotes Csikszentmihalyi.
Csikszentmihalyi must have something important to say.
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#4This reminds me of "Think and Grow Rich" - Best book ever written. I cant even remember how many times I have read it.
If I could I would purchase a million copies and give them away for free. It's that good.
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#5""" Spending 2 years doing something you don’t enjoy is a full 3.4% of your life. What are you getting back for that investment? Money? What are you going to do with that money that will be worth the non-refundable 3.4% of your life? An extra room in your house?"""
This is beautiful. In a world where everything has to be justified by "the bottom line", it's easy to forget why we're making money.
Along those lines, I also found "The Secret Fears of the Super-Rich" to be very eye-opening. (http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/04/secret-f...)
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#6I just read a chapter of a Csikszentmihalyi book for my sociology class on creativity, I am currently reading "The Happiness Hypothesis" which just referenced Csikszentmihalyi, and now I read this blog post who quotes Csikszentmihalyi. Csikszentmihalyi must have something important to say.
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#7When you stop worrying if you are happy or not, you are probably in the zone.
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#8Many are willing to suffer unhappiness so that their children might be more successful. At 31 it's something of a pattern I've begun to see in my peers.
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#9"My identity and my thoughts are my own to have, control, and share. Happiness is a mindset for me to create."
This concept reminds me of Feeling Good by Burns. He said that our thoughts control our emotions, and if we control our thoughts, we control our emotions.
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#10""" Spending 2 years doing something you don’t enjoy is a full 3.4% of your life. What are you getting back for that investment? Money? What are you going to do with that money that will be worth the non-refundable 3.4% of your life? An extra room in your house?""" This is beautiful. In a world where everything has to be justified by "the bottom line", it's easy to forget why we're making money. Along those lines, I…
Thanks for the link, glad you enjoyed the blog post!