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People want to be happy, it doesn't really matter how. Often they don't really know themselves. But they're quite sure it'll happen if only they were able to b
by lhnz 11y ago
People want to be happy, it doesn't really matter how.
Often they don't really know themselves. But they're quite sure it'll happen if only they were able to become more impressive. They will be happy once they are promoted, treated with respect, and given more money.
A great boss feels like an ally, and often it's not the outcome that makes you happy but the hope of a better future.
I think there are many people in an organisation that can alleviate this desire. It's not just managers offering personal development or leaders inspiring people to be bold, sometimes it is your friends that make you see a better perspective on how your life already is. I think it's important to think about how you can make others feel good, and not just how you feel about your own position.
- crimsonalucard 11y agoPeople are also designed to never stay happy for long. We will always need more to be happy.
- dozzie 11y agoThis is where "professional growth" part turns out to be beneficial.
- collyw 11y agoWhere do you get that idea from? (There is more evidence for people evolving rather than being designed).
- crimsonalucard 11y agoDesigned by natural selection. People are naturally selected to never stay happy for long. To be satisfied and satiated means you no longer feel the drive to compete. There is no evolutionary advantage in a creature that does not want to compete.
- collyw 11y ago"Design by natural selection" otherwise known as evolution. Design implies some kind of thought process before creation. There are plenty of counterintuitive examples of traits that have been selected by evolution. Dogs seems happy all the time and they have not been made extinct yet.
- crimsonalucard 11y ago>otherwise known as evolution. Design implies some kind of thought process before creation. I apologize profusely for offending you with the word "Design." I accidentally implied the existence of a god which is a totally off-topic conversation and therefore must commit seppuku. >There are plenty of counterintuitive examples of traits that have been selected by evolution. Dogs seems happy all the time and they have not been made extinct yet. Sure, but for the specific case of humanity it is highly likely that the reason we do not stay happy is due to natural selection. Dogs are a domestic animal and therefore a product of artificial selection. We as benevolent caretakers have have selected the dogs that are happy all the time and euthanized the dogs that are angry all the time. The evolutionary strategy dogs employ is a parasitic strategy and less common than the standard strategy most competitive animals follow. Dogs hijack our paternal and maternal instincts and cause us to give them resources, this caused them to evolve non-standard traits that make them happy all the time and unable to survive in the wild. The evolutionary strategy humans follow is more standard and thus we display more malevolent and competitive traits.