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If you haven't read his book, I highly recommend it. Also, he gave a great speech at sxsw a few years ago: http://server1.sxsw.com/2006/coverage/SXSW06.INT.200
by zaius 18y ago
If you haven't read his book, I highly recommend it.
Also, he gave a great speech at sxsw a few years ago:
http://server1.sxsw.com/2006/coverage/SXSW06.INT.20060311.DanielGilbert.mp3 http://server1.sxsw.com/2006/coverage/SXSW06.INT.20060311.Da...
It changed my life
- wallflower 18y ago> It changed my life Without being too nosy hopefully, could you go into that a little? I find I read a lot of books and the imparted wisdom/motivation decays exponentially.
- msluyter 18y agoThe lesson I took away from the book was not to take my plans too seriously, which may sound defeatist. But if the book is to be believed, we may end up quite happy even if things go seriously wrong, or even because of it.
- aaronblohowiak 18y agoHappiness is an attitude, not a score.
- zaius 18y agoEven though I consider myself a completely rational person, I still make dumb decisions and weigh alternatives with completely biased probabilities. And while I still do it, at least I recognize it now.