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Happiness Precedes Success and Achievement Erraticus Image by Andreas Klassen
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Ideas Psychology 

Happiness Precedes Success and Achievement

June 10, 2019June 1, 2020 Lisa C. Walsh, Julia K. Boehm, and Sonja Lyubomirsky 0 Comments Achievement, Emotional Well-being

Our cultural institutions have the story backwards. Focus on well-being instead of achievement, and success will follow.

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Follow Your Passion Is Actually Good Advice (Sort Of) Erraticus Image by Vadim Fomenok
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‘Follow Your Passion’ Is Actually Good Advice (Sort of)

January 9, 2019June 1, 2020 Christian Jarrett 0 Comments Achievement, Emotional Well-being

Here are five recent research findings worth considering when weighing the wisdom of “follow your passion” or pursuing a calling in life.

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A Pragmatic Approach to Ideas

An online publication focused on human flourishing, we believe that art, culture, technology, and ideas matter as much as they empower individuals and communities to live well.

 

“Pragmatism, on the other hand, asks its usual question. ‘Grant an idea or belief to be true,’ it says, ‘what concrete difference will its being true make in anyone’s actual life? How will the truth be realized? What experiences will be different from those which would obtain if the belief were false? What, in short, is the truth’s cash-value in experiential terms?'” — William James

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