Mindset
What happens in our minds will determine how we feel, what we do, and the quality of our lives — much more than what happens outside of us.
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What Is the Relationship Between Luck and Happiness?
In his Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle raises a difficult but salient question: Can we consider someone truly happy when we don’t yet know how their life will end? Take the example of the mythical king, Priam. Priam had it all: wealth, status, power, and over fifty sons and daughters. Then the Trojan War happened and everything…
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Are You a Maximizer or a Satisficer?
Maximizing and satisficing are two different ways humans look for happiness, but one tends to work better most of the time.
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Why We Can’t Predict What Will Make Us Happy
Impact bias, presentism, and other factors like loss aversion all play a role in warping our view of what will actually make us happy in life.
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The Surprising Joy of Missing Out
FOMO, or the Fear Of Missing Out, has become a chronic problem for many of us. The best antidote is its opposite: the Joy of Missing Out.
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Why Regret Is (Actually) Good for Us
Regret doesn’t always have to be a negative thing. In fact, it’s a valuable tool for improving our lives.
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Should You Live a “Psychologically Rich” Life?
The choice between novelty, meaning, and comfort may be a false one
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Flow: A Superpower for Every Day of Your Life
Cultivating a flow state is about far more than improving your skill at something. It contains the keys to happiness itself.
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3 Ancient Solutions to the Problem of Happiness
The Stoics, Skeptics, and Epicureans each offer us timeless insight on how to be happy.
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4 Reasons to Not Get Married
While no one can tell you who to marry (or whether to get married at all), here are four good reasons why you _shouldn’t_ get married.
