688: The Secrets of Wellbeing Series - Part 4: Does More Choice Make Us Happier by Mary Jaksch of Good Life Zen

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🗓️ 29 October 2017

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Mary Jaksch of Good Life Zen shares the results of studies on choices and decision-making. Episode 688: The Secrets of Wellbeing Series - Part 4: Does More Choice Make Us Happier by Mary Jaksch of Good Life Zen (Decisions). Mary Jaksch is an authorized Zen master (Diamond Sangha lineage), psychotherapist, and author. She has two nationalities,--English and German--and lives in New Zealand. She's the mother of a grown-up son and lives happily ever after with her partner David. She's been awarded an MA in Religious Studies, holds a 4th Dan Blackbelt in karate, started professional life as a flautist and loves dancing Argentine tango in skimpy dresses. The original post is located here: https://goodlifezen.com/does-choice-make-us-happier Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com and in The O.L.D. Facebook Group and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts! See Courtney Carver talk about her year-long course on simple living: OLDPodcast.com/live Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily, episode 688.
0:03.5	The secrets of well-being series Part 4 does more choice make us happier by marrying
0:08.9	yuckshufgoldivezend.com and I'm Justin Malik, your personal narrator, reading to you every
0:13.3	day, just like an audiobook, but free of charge.
0:16.6	Today's episode is from Good Life Zen, but before we get to it, I wanted to mention that
0:20.7	one of our regular author's Courtney Carver has a year-long course.
0:25.0	I've mentioned that before, but she's doing a live online seminar, known as a webinar,
0:29.6	all about it, and to help you figure out if it's something that you'd like to be a part
0:33.2	of.
0:34.2	Check it out.
0:35.2	The link is oldpodcast.com slash live, and that webinar is on November 2nd.
0:40.4	It'll be live, so if you visit that page, you can sign up for it for free.
0:44.3	Again, that's oldpodcast.com slash live.
0:48.4	For now, it's here today's post, and continue optimizing your life.
0:56.3	The secrets of well-being series Part 4, does more choice make us happier by marrying
1:01.2	yuckshufgoldivezend.com.
1:04.5	Does more choice make us happier?
1:07.0	This is the question that drives Barry Schwartz, professor of psychology at Swarthmore College.
1:12.0	For example, yesterday I went to the supermarket to get some olive oil.
1:16.2	There wasn't just one brand.
1:17.6	There were many different options, cold pressed, virgin, light, from Italy, from Greece,
1:23.9	from New Zealand.
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