Oliver Burkeman - How to Become Slightly Happier

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Uploaded by on Jan 17, 2011

How do you solve the problem of human happiness and fulfilment?

It is a subject that has occupied some of history's greatest thinkers, from Aristotle to Paul McKenna. But how do we sort the good ideas from the bad ones? Are there any hard and fast rules when it comes to happiness, and should we trust anyone who claims to know the secret?

In the last five years journalist Oliver Burkeman has travelled to some of the strangest corners of the 'happiness industry' in an attempt to find out, and visits the RSA in bleak mid-January to present his findings. From stress, procrastination and insomnia, to laughter, creativity and wealth, he gives us the lowdown on how to become slightly happier.

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  • The RSA is pretty amazing

  • Want to become happier? Use Linux.

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  • The actual advice begins at 11:50

  • 3ppl are always grumpy 

  • “The secret of being miserable is to have the leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure is occupation.”

  • Hmm.. Let´s think this through:

    People in the midwest think that people in California are happier because of the better weather there. Studies show they are not, Burkeman says. It turns out that both are equally unhappy because for most people weather is not that important.

    Ok, I agree. But than again if I was to choose where to be equally unhappy I would still go to California, I mean simply because there the weather is still better...

  • he's kinda boring, but the point is clear

  • he's kinda boring, but the point is clear

  • Im sure heavy rain and lightning will make you really happy...

  • @Cornelius90 I don't think there's a career in self-help for you.

  • @Tawsuoko ever thought about the fucking fact that it's YOU and YOUR responsibility??

    you have to care about your life.

    you have to work, think, do.

    it's not the world's fault.

    its just your fault.

    that does not mean youre a bad person...

    just move your ass and do what is good for you!

  • not true

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