happiness

happiness

.. is a useless pursuit. Just concentrate on doing good work.

Assumptions

1. The more good we do, the more good there is in the world, and the more good there is to befall us.

2. The more bad we do, the more bad there is in the world, and the more bad there is to befall us.

As a base motivator

From Delivering Happiness, a repurposing of the "3 'Why's" (./design.md): most life goals, large and small, when questioned with 3 "Why"s lead to an ultimate motivation of happiness.

e.g., I want to be more active. Why? So I can start running again. Why? So I can run a marathon. Why? For the feeling of accomplishment, i.e. happiness.

Frameworks

From Delivering Happiness

Framework 1

1. Perceived Control

2. Perceived Progress

3. Connectedness

4. Vision: Being part of something bigger than yourself

Framework 2

Simplified Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, from Peak, Chip Conley

• Customer pyramid

  1. Meets expectations
  2. Meets desires
  3. Meets unrecognized needs

• Employee pyramid

  1. Meaning
  2. Recognition
  3. Money

• Investor pyramid

  1. Legacy
  2. Relationship alignment
  3. Transaction alignment

Framework 3

Pleasure > Passion > Purpose
Fleeting ----------> Lasting

Vacilando

I think there is happiness in vacilando.

In Spanish there is a word for which I can't find a counterword in English. It is the verb vacilar, present participle vacilando. It does not mean vacillating at all. If one is vacilando, he is going somewhere, but does not greatly care whether or not he gets there, although he has direction.

-John Steinbeck, Travels With Charley

Life's a journey, not a destination.

-Aerosmith, Amazing