Perspective
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Amor Fati: Can We Love Life, No Matter What?
“Amor fati,” “love in spite of everything”, and “yes to one’s own true being”: all of these help us cope with life’s greatest difficulties.
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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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The Benefits (and Pitfalls) of Travel
Travel has many perks but also hidden pitfalls as well. How much travel benefits us will depend on the type of people we are to begin with.
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Why Leisure Is More Important Than Work
“The business of living” is the opposite of being busy: how to live a life with time to think, grow and make the world better.
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The Biggest Regret in Life (For Most of Us)
For most of us, our biggest regret in life won’t be what we did, but what we failed to do.
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We Can’t Predict What Will Make Us Happy
Impact bias, presentism, and our brain’s “immune system” all warp our view of what will make us happy in life.
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Eudaimonia: A Better Word for “Happiness”
Happiness is a complicated concept. Here’s why “eudaimonia” is the word we should be using instead.
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How a Bird’s Eye View of Politics Will Keep You Sane
If we want to make the world a better place, we may first need to cultivate a more detached perspective.
