Stumbling on Happiness
Gilbert argues that we’re bedeviled by a “fundamental misconception about the power of time” and a dangerous misconception known as “the end of history illusion” — at any point along our personal journey, we tend to believe that who we are at that moment is the final destination of our becoming. Which, of course, is not only wrong but a source of m... See more
Maria Popova • The Psychology of Your Future Self and How Your Present Illusions Hinder Your Future Happiness
We tend to think that the future happens later, but we’re creating it in our minds every day. When the present falls apart, so does the future we had associated with it. And having the future taken away is the mother of all plot twists. But if we spend the present trying to fix the past or control the future, we remain stuck in place, in perpetual
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the stomach-churning feeling that the present would be better
Daniel H. Pink • The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward
The needs of a present that has a future are different from one that does not. We do have a future now, and all our projects grand and small depend on some kind of future, whether it comes three seconds or three centuries from now. So although the instruction to pay more attention to the present moment is helpful in a culture that teaches us to pri
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