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Happiness

What makes a life go well: the evidence, the old arguments, and what it means for your work. Not about code.

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What you'll be able to do

  • Say what happiness is, how it is measured, and what actually moves it.
  • Work with your body, attention and thoughts instead of against them.
  • Weigh friends, meaning and work in a life that goes well for you.

  1. What happiness is

    What the word means, how it is measured, money, prediction, evolution, culture, and reading the research.

    38 lessons

    1. What "happy" means5 lessons
    2. Measuring a feeling5 lessons
    3. What moves it5 lessons
    4. Money5 lessons
    5. Why we mispredict4 lessons
    6. Feelings with a job5 lessons
    7. Happiness across cultures4 lessons
    8. Reading happiness research5 lessons

  2. Ground

    The body, the attention, and the texture of an ordinary day.

    34 lessons

    1. Sleep and rest5 lessons
    2. Movement and the body4 lessons
    3. Attention and presence5 lessons
    4. Savoring4 lessons
    5. Gratitude4 lessons
    6. Nature and awe4 lessons
    7. Play and curiosity4 lessons
    8. Rhythm and ritual4 lessons

  3. Mind

    Thoughts, feelings, and being kind to the person having them.

    46 lessons

    1. Thoughts aren't facts5 lessons
    2. Feeling the hard feelings5 lessons
    3. Self-compassion5 lessons
    4. Shame, guilt and the hook4 lessons
    5. Comparison and status5 lessons
    6. Wanting and enough5 lessons
    7. Control and acceptance5 lessons
    8. Fear and courage4 lessons
    9. Patience and the future self4 lessons
    10. More than a bad week4 lessons

  4. Others

    Friends, love, family, belonging, and the people a life is made of.

    35 lessons

    1. Friendship5 lessons
    2. Love5 lessons
    3. Family and roots4 lessons
    4. Belonging and community4 lessons
    5. Being seen4 lessons
    6. Kindness and generosity4 lessons
    7. Conflict, boundaries and forgiveness5 lessons
    8. Solitude and loneliness4 lessons

  5. Meaning

    Purpose, values, craft, loss, and what a whole life is for.

    47 lessons

    1. Purpose and contribution5 lessons
    2. Values and character4 lessons
    3. Freedom and choice4 lessons
    4. Craft and flow4 lessons
    5. Money and security4 lessons
    6. Beauty and creativity4 lessons
    7. Failure, regret and resilience5 lessons
    8. Loss and grief4 lessons
    9. Aging and mortality4 lessons
    10. Faith, awe and the sacred4 lessons
    11. Equanimity and the whole life5 lessons

  6. Work and a life

    Why work feels the way it does, and what it is for.

    38 lessons

    1. Why work can feel empty5 lessons
    2. Burnout5 lessons
    3. Golden handcuffs4 lessons
    4. Ladders and status4 lessons
    5. Autonomy, mastery and flow at work4 lessons
    6. What you build4 lessons
    7. Colleagues and remote work4 lessons
    8. More than your job4 lessons
    9. Stay, change or leave4 lessons

Five minutes today is a first step.

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