#110 Happiness - Finding Happiness in Life
Happiness Podcast
Dr. Robert Puff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 955 Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2017
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Finding happiness in life can be quite challenging. In this episode, Dr. Puff explores the places to look and not look for happiness. To visit the Happiness Podcast, go to: http://www.HappinessPodcast.org To learn more about Dr. Puff's Corporate Workshops, go to: http://www.SuccessBeyondYourImagination.com
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| 0:16.0 | Welcome to the happiness podcast, I'm Dr. Robert Puff. This podcast is about happiness, but the big question is if you've been listening to this |
| 0:19.5 | podcast is, well, where do we find happiness? Where is it? We might think, well, if I find the |
| 0:26.6 | love of my life, then I'll be happy. Or we may think, if I achieve my goals, then I'll be happy or we may think if I hit retirement have a lot of money saved and can travel then I'm happy |
| 0:41.0 | perhaps we'll think hmm if I win the lotto then I'm happy. Perhaps we'll think, hmm, if I win the lotto, then I'll be happy. |
| 0:46.4 | Or maybe if enough people think I'm great, then I'll be happy. |
| 0:51.0 | Are these the places where we find happiness? That's what we're going to look at today. |
| 0:55.0 | The first thing we have to do is separate thrills, temporary excitements from peacefulness and happiness. |
| 1:02.0 | Because most things fall under from peacefulness and happiness. |
| 1:03.0 | Because most things fall under this category. |
| 1:06.0 | And let's start with an extreme example in order to show the fallacy of seeking thrills to find happiness. Drug addicts. We all know that drug |
| 1:16.8 | addiction is a very serious disorder and nothing that any of us would pursue. |
| 1:21.2 | Some of us may become addicted, but when we become addicted, it's a sad thing. It's not a happy thing. |
| 1:27.5 | Because addicts have really putured lives. They suffer because of all the consequences and negative effects that go along with drug addiction. |
| 1:37.0 | None of us would seek that and we know that it's a bad thing. |
| 1:40.0 | But why do addicts become addicts? Why do they get addicted to their hard drugs like heroin, crack, or cocaine? |
| 1:47.0 | They do that because of the thrills. They love the feeling of the high, and they will basically sacrifice anything to get that |
| 1:55.3 | thrill and even though they know it's very temporary they're going to do anything |
| 1:59.6 | in their power to keep getting it and even though they have to wait a long time to get it again, and even though |
| 2:05.1 | it may be very brief, they truly are going to sacrifice anything to get that. And we all, again, |
| 2:11.2 | like I said, no, that's silly and not happiness are peacefulness but they pursue it because of the thrills that come with it |
| 2:19.0 | Unfortunately our lives aren't that different than most addicts. |
| 2:24.0 | Let me start with somewhat obvious examples and then I go to more subtle ones. |
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