Sunday, July 19, 2009

Lowered Expectations

Happiness is a function of our expectations — or, as it has been said: “Happiness equals reality minus expectations.” Given that neat formulation, there are two ways to attack the problem: boost our reality or lower our expectations. Most of us choose the former. We’d rather stew in our misery than trim our expectations.

This resonates with the Barry Schwartz TED talk on The Paradox of Choice: “The key to happiness is low expectations”.

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    now I understand why I’m always sad.
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    well… hmm. What if I have none (which I try not to have)
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    “Happiness is a function of our expectations — or, as it has been said: “Happiness equals reality minus expectations.”...
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