Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel truly happy even when things don’t go as planned. Harvard psychologist Dan Gilbert says our beliefs about what will make us happy are often wrong. He argues that our brains systematically misjudge what will make us happy. The premise of his current research is supported with clinical research drawn from psychology and neuroscience.
In the TED Talk “The surprising science of happiness,” comes up with some interesting ideas that base their accuracy on well researched and tested methods.
Who do you think is happier between a lottery winner and a paraplegic, one year after winning vs. losing? The answer seems really simple. But if you think about it, so does life! Researchers have proven that both categories are equally satisfied with their lives. The reason why everyone tends to overestimate the impact or duration of future events is due to “impact bias”. Believing that you will be devastated after breaking up with your wife is reported to the current relationship, but one year after, feelings and circumstances will have changed.
Synthetic happiness: Natural happiness is what we get when we get what we wanted, and synthetic happiness is what we make when we don’t get what we wanted. In our society, we have a strong belief that synthetic happiness is of an inferior kind. this happens because of the contemporary economic situation which teaches us that winning is the most important thing, while losing can only deliver us a humble second place. Synthetic happiness is real and comes when acknowledging that what you have is better than what you lost.
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