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But on to the important stuff. I think Achor is right in concluding that we don’t stop when reaching a goal that’s supposed to make us happy; we just create a new goal. That's ambitious but it might also be unhealthy at times and, in turn, prevent us from achieving anything. ‘Nothing is ever good enough’ can easily turn into ‘everything is pointless’.
I also liked his advice on how to change our mindsets, because it didn’t involve any elaborate plans. Each of the things he proposed might not take longer than 10 minutes of our time. For example, you might not be a fan of exercise but it is proven that it makes people feel better psychologically. I used an app that guided you through a 7-minute workout. Even that little helped on day-to-day basis. Also helping others can make one feel better; Random Acts of Kindness is actually a great system, cause it might not even require any money or time, only our willingness. It can be as little as telling someone they look nice or holding a door for somebody. When our brain sees how small things can make a big difference, ergo a ‘success’, it’s easier to cope with bigger issues.
What is most interesting in this speech is that we are given exact steps that could bring us happiness. Definitely have to try it out.
I personally like the system of setting up some smaller goals and then setting new bigger ones when I reach them. I don't think it necessarily has to lead to the idea that nothing is good enough.
I found the first part of the speech (just after the anecdote about his sister ;) ) "Escaping the cult of the Average" to be very interesting. These days people are making everything for those who are average and in my opinion we should strive to be better and not to be underachievers. Every year we make tests in schools or trials for specific jobs easier just to accommodate more people instead of pushing them to achieve higher ratings and meet the standards required in the past. I think that being more inclusive and open, which are obviously good things, have to necessarily mean that we should lower standards.
The film is a little trashy, but told us that we could using our thoughts shape our reality. When we think about something positive then we attract positive things. In my opinion it's not a magic. As Shawn Achore spoke it's a since, dopimine and the rest of hormones that affect on ours brains and cause that we have more willingness to act. I think that he talk about good pratice, I mean that we should write one postivie e-mail or message per day to someone. When we do good things then we also feel better.
Regarding the video titled ''The happy secret to better work'' the first thing that occured to me was that from my own experience also, the attitude and approach to a certain situation or an issue is already defining my reaction to it and the way I am going to handle it. I agree that if you are mainly receiving negative information, you will probably automatically set your mind in a negative way, expecting only the worst. Instead, we should try to focus on the positives of the situation and use them as a tool to overcome out stress or obstacles. In my opinion the most shocking story was about Harvard, when the speaker pointed out that the people who were excited and proud to study there, changed their perspective of the studies in relation to stress, competition and workload. This shows that people can set goals and achieve them later on, but somehow the moment they finalize them, the new obstacles are standing in way and people begin to feel it is not enough and the job has not ended - it has just started.
This is why I believe we should keep the positive spirit and rely on our optimism, because it depends on us how we perceive things that we experience.
I live by the rule 'it always can get worse'. From the first sight it may sound pessimistic but I use it as a tool to set up my mind to a positive way of thinking, appreciating the state I'm currently in and disregarding all the negative things that have happened.
Another speech on the TED I like to hear is the speech of the guy named Sean Stephenson, however, he found himself in the prison of his own body. Being born terribly mutilated, he managed not only survive but also become successful and useful part of the society with the help of hard work and his mindset. And his idea is in numerous way similar to the one that was represented by Achor.
If you are interested you can see his speech by clicking on this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaRO5-V1uK0
And besides you can also see this guy and his views on the life, if people with such desiases are able to live happily, people that are healthy should be able to organize their mindset and their life to reach the result:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36m1o-tM05g
I used to think that I need to be successful for a very long time, and it affected my mind in a very negative way - I became obsessed with proving my worth through doing more and more work, and constantly feeling guilty for not being as good as I imagined. I think it's a real shame no one has shown me a presentation like this 5 years earlier. :)
When I started working it was quite stressful to me but when i started to look at stress more like a challenge instead of a threat it really did help a lot, just as it says in that presentation.
That was the best presentation i ever watch on TED talks and i'm sure that i want to listen some more presentation from Shawn.
I really like that way of presentation, he told us a story in which he gave us a facts and information about brain and his research.
And yeah, I agree with him, that we can shape our reality, for example with positive thinking. And it is also very true, that we push happiness always a few steps forward, we just can't reach it. As a society we treat success as a happiness, but once we succeed we just can't be happy with it, we are starting to look for another goal to reach, and therefore we don't feel happy anymore.
And that's right, we just need to be happy to be more successful. And we have to find a way to see things being positive :) And look for a positive side of every single situation.
I think this kinda trick which was presented may be useful and also many people would really be worked on it but i think we are still too far from finding any golden rule of happiness and productivity if any even exists
I agree that our society pushes the boundaries of our happiness outside of reach, creating a situation where we always require more than we have to feel happy. I find the mentioned methods of improving one's happiness interesting but as always with those kind of videos, it all feels too easy to the point where I feel I'm being told things I just want to hear.
Another idea is to make 'to do' list and try to do as many points from list as possible. After all you may be disappointed that you did not succeed to finished everything and you can be overwhelmed by the number of tasks waiting for you.
The other think is to work when you are the most productive and focused and that is just after you wake up. There is common idea that we have limited amount of productive time everyday and we can't be focused for whole day. It seems reasonable.
And the last idea I want to share is making long and short time goals. It is important to know what exactly you want to achieve in certain amount of time. You have to specify task and time when it have to be finished.
TED speakers and speeches are amazing and I absolutely recommend to attend them, because it is much powerful than just listening it online. You can check online when they will be in Poland and there is many of them. Sometimes it is hard to get there, because you fill application online and you have to answer one of the worst questions ever “Why we should choose You?”.