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11 Questions That May Change Your Life: http://www.clarkdanger.com/download/ Where does happiness come from? This week going over best 10 ideas on: The Happiness Hypothesis. Today's book summary and book review: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom. A great read on the positive psychology movement and studying where happiness comes from. You might also consider getting the full audiobook for this! GET THE BOOK: http://amzn.to/1Xl4jVL

Discover how you can change your life in less than 4-hours. FULL journal mastery course is now live! Learn more here: http://www.mybestjournal.com BIG 10 IDEAS (1:15) ELEPHANT AND RIDER Lots of divisions in past have been made: BODY vs. MIND / Right brain vs. Left brain / Superego id and super Id / etc Internal conflicts + sometimes want different things. Body mind need to work together. EX: Want monogamy - body attracted to different people EX: Want health but body craves sugar / salt / fat EX: Want start business but love sleeping in (2:15) HAPPINESS ORIGINS -STORY: Me in Thailand w/ monks. Doing whole life sitting / meditating. Rid of attachments. Other extreme: USA strive / compete / climb corporate ladder - consumer everything. Feels empty. What is middle path? Are there attachments worth striving for? 1. GET WHAT YOU WANT (i.e. post goal / achievement / hedonism) 2. COMES FROM WITHIN (Buddha / enlighten / exist) COMES FROM WITHIN, ALSO WITHOUT (middle path! / ARE things worth striving for in life / Strive for the RIGHT attachments) (4:00) HAPPINESS SET POINT We adapt to set point New TV week one is HUGE. Hot tub is HOT. Adapt over time. EX: 20million or be paralyzed from neck down - who's happier? (within a year both similar to base line level of happiness w/in 10%) "Hedonic treadmill" - we don't just habituate, we recalibrate (6:15) HAPPINESS FORMULA H = S+C+V EX: Plant: Spring back to life if get conditions right. Almost dead - but can be fixed. Same with us. Happiness = set point + conditions + voluntary actions Don't worry about what you can'y control (set point). Focus on what we can control (Conditions & Voluntary Actions) and maximize that! (9:30) LOVE + ATTACHMENTS 2 kinds of love Compassionate love vs. passionate love VIDEO HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFzG3... (11:15) HAPPINESS SUCKERS NOISE: linked to more stress COMMUTE TIME: Never adapt or get used to LACK OF CONTROL: Wellspring of human happiness SHAME: sucks self worth RELATIONSHIPS: Need to handle conflict healthy way (14:10) HAPPINESS BOOSTERS Strong marriages physical touch meaningful relationships religious affiliation (16:15) VALUE CONSTRAINTS Suicide study = less likely the more constraints we have. Benefi