How to be Happy, Really - by Sherry Ning - Pluripotent
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Why "do as you please" never brings true happiness
Happiness isn’t eating plump figs in the south of France, hallucinating at Burning Man, binge-watching Netflix, or playing a good round of golf. Happiness is the pursuit of purpose, done individually and with a community: Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. ―Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning Why have we invested so much into meaning-seeking and policy-making when none of it brings us closer to…
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