Last night, Dan and I started to go down a path of ‘keeping up with the Joneses” discussion. Until I finally said STOP! None of those ‘things’ are going to make us happy – haven’t we learned anything in our 40 years? Dan agreed and used the analogy of “Whac a Mole“. He explained that whenever those ugly little hairy monsters emerge in our conscious or subconscious that make us feel like we are not enough … that we don’t have enough, that we need to “Whac the Mole” down and focus on what truly will increase our happiness and well-being. So that is going to be our little code phrase whenever we start to go down that destructive and meaningless path …. “WHAC THE MOLE”!
A few interesting TED talks that I came across this morning that relates to this topic:
The Gross National Product (GNP) measures everything EXCEPT what makes life worthwhile. So how do we measure well-being? This is a great TED talk.
1. Connect with Others
2. Be Active
3. Take Notice … be mindful
4. Keep Learning … be curious
5. Give … be generous
Another great TED talk! The model that most people run their lives by is….we have to get something, in order to do something, so we can have something – This is the “If Then Model”. If this happens, then we will be happy. This is the incorrect mental model! The model itself is flawed!
And a post isn’t a post without a picture – so here’s my Take Notice path to well being!
