The involuntary new pace of Covid-19’s social distancing has slowed lives and allows us an opportunity to think a little more deeply about life, writes Arthur C. Brooks, Ph.D. In our go-go-go world, we rarely get the chance to stop and consider the big drivers of our happiness and our sense of purpose. Brooks shares three equations for well-being to start managing your individual happiness more proactively.
Source: The Atlantic, April 9, 2020. Link.
Also see: Essential daily habit, BenjaminHardy.com. Link.
. . . give yourself time, every single day, to orient your life in the direction you want to go, or you will default to former habits and patterns.” Benjamin Hardy, PhD
INSIGHTS: Inspiration for the perspiration it takes to do our jobs is often fleeting. Let Brooks’ perspective sink in. Then you can decide how you wish to proceed. Don’t forget to write it down, as Hardy suggests.
Also see: What you miss most is an essential clue to who you are, Forge, April 27, 2020. Link.
Accepting your true self is always going to get you closer to happiness than anything else will” – Amy Shearn