I think that one of these days you’re going to have to find out where you want to go. And then you’ve got to start going there.
“The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.”
-William James, father of American psychology
The U.S. barely makes the cut as #23. The top country? Denmark. Certain countries may provide a better setup for work-life balance, but there are many things you can do to control your own time. Here are some tips.
Interesting article.
Source: amexopenforum
How to Get More Pleasure from Your Money
Here’s a little tip for life: try to always have something to look forward to, no matter how small.
The power of anticipation in boosting our well-being is incredible. You know that feeling you get when you’re dreading giving a public talk or going to the dentist? That is the negative power of anticipation, but it also works the other way. We get enormous amounts of pleasure from looking forward to good things in the future (Bryant, 2003).
This is part of the reason why our modern consumer society of ‘buy now and pay later’ robs us of pleasure. Part of the fun of purchasing both objects and experiences is in their anticipation. Waiting for good things to come is fun.
There’s a part of our minds that thinks we’ll enjoy it more if we get it right now, but that part is the greedy part. And it’s wrong.
This is an awesome article from PsyBlog. I love how they explain our money habits with actual psychological research!
“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.”
-Richard Branson
“Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.”
-Barry Switzer
Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they’ve had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people. Unfortunately, that’s too rare a commodity. A lot of people in our industry haven’t had very diverse experiences. So they don’t have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.
(via meaghano)
Source: brainpickings.org
“Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.”
-Josh Billings
