1530 | Tom Morris: “There’s a Formula for Happiness.”
The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks
Sean Croxton
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2022
⏱️ 9 minutes
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On today’s QOD, Tom Morris shares the formula for happiness. Plus, the 7 things you need for true success in times of change.
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| 0:00.0 | Yo, today's QOTS! |
| 0:02.6 | There's a formula for happiness. |
| 0:05.6 | Here we go. |
| 0:31.6 | Welcome back to the QOTS! |
| 0:59.6 | I'm reading a book this week on happiness by a psychologist. |
| 1:11.6 | He's mostly an economist in England. |
| 1:15.6 | I think he's at London School of Economics. |
| 1:17.6 | I'm always reading books by philosophers, psychologists, social theorists, |
| 1:21.6 | and happiness. |
| 1:22.6 | I'm working on a long-term project on personal happiness. |
| 1:28.6 | We have so many false beliefs about happiness. |
| 1:30.6 | It's really amazing to me. |
| 1:32.6 | And the wisest philosophers, if you dig deep enough, you can find some amazing stuff. |
| 1:36.6 | And we have all these words, contentment, fulfillment, satisfaction, happiness. |
| 1:40.6 | What kind of toss around is if they all mean the same thing? |
| 1:43.6 | Well, let me preciseify a few of these for you for a second. |
| 1:47.6 | Let me give you some definitions. |
| 1:50.6 | Contentment equals emotional acceptance of the present. |
| 1:57.6 | Now, here's a really important insight from philosophy. |
| 2:01.6 | Contentment is not the same thing as complacency. |
| 2:05.6 | Not the same thing. |
| 2:07.6 | Contentment is just accepting the present. |
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