F*ck Happiness

The Self Help Antidote

If you ask enough people what they want most in life, you’ll notice that many of them (perhaps yourself included) will say something like “I just want to be happy.” Yet, with happiness being such a universal ambition, why does it seem to allude so many? Why do so many people seem to be struggling emotionally, even though they claim that happiness is a priority?

These were the questions me and Tiffanee Cook explored in this episode. That and,

What if it’s our beliefs about happiness that’s the problem?

Could the pursuit of happiness be the very thing that’s creating more distance between it, and us?

Does society have the notion of happiness wrong? And why?

Is it our false comparisons that keep us more miserable than happy?

What role does adversity and resilience play in happiness?

What does the longest running longitudinal study at Harvard reveal about the single most significant contributor to happiness in our lives?

We suspect that happiness might be a consequence of focusing on the work, people, and experiences you value most, rather than a goal. Something to be attracted, rather than chased. Is the perpetual search for happiness a futile one? Maybe it's better to just say f*ck happiness, live a life of purpose and let happiness find us.

What do you think? Is happiness something to be pursued, or is it a side effect of living a life of meaning?

Enjoy

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