Lionel Page is a professor at the University of Queensland and an author.
Lionel is one of my favourite writers so I had to bring him on to uncover the invisible psychology which drives our happiness. How can we optimise for wellbeing in a world full of distractions and pressures? Why does persistent happiness remain so elusive, and what shifts can help us build a healthier, more sustainable relationship with it?
Expect to learn what everyone gets wrong when thinking about happiness, the most important mechanisms that drive our wellbeing, how the role of comparison on social media contributes to overall happiness, why evolution didn’t design us with the ability to simply feel greater and greater satisfaction, the role of a meaningful life, why we overestimate the importance of our future success and much more…
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00:00 The Issue With How We View Happiness
05:35 We Always Compare Ourselves to Others
15:36 Why We Think We Are Worse Off Than Our Forebears
25:23 How Goal-Setting Impacts Happiness
38:22 The Difference Between Happiness & Relief
46:19 The Ideal Income for Happiness
52:52 The Role of Habituation in Happiness
1:03:55 Why Status is Less Subject to Habituation
1:07:28 Relationship Between Happiness & Meaning
1:20:32 Myths About the Meaning of Life
1:26:42 Where to Find Lionel
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