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Evaluating Life Choices
22:13 - 31:31 (09:18)
The language of happiness should go hand in hand with the contribution an individual makes to the world. Personal contentment may not always matter as people can still make enormous contributions without achieving happiness.
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The language of happiness must be considered alongside the question of the contributions people make to the world they live in.
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The language of happiness must be considered alongside the question of the contributions people make to the world they live in. It is possible to make significant contributions without being particularly happy and vice versa.
ChapterEvaluating Life Choices
EpisodeE162: Malcolm Gladwell: Working From Home Is Destroying Us!
PodcastThe Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Haywood Hansell was a brilliant and passionate figure in the Second World War and had an extraordinary set of ideas to revolutionize air war which he failed to implement against Japan.
26:07 - 29:02 (02:54)
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Haywood Hansell was a brilliant and passionate figure in the Second World War and had an extraordinary set of ideas to revolutionize air war which he failed to implement against Japan. Though his ideas are essential to the way we think about war today and save countless lives, they didn't work in their time frame, and he spent the next 30 years of his life as the guy who failed in the Second World War.
ChapterEvaluating Life Choices
EpisodeE162: Malcolm Gladwell: Working From Home Is Destroying Us!
PodcastThe Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Success and bravery may be fueled by ego and insecurities rather than intentional courage.
29:02 - 31:31 (02:29)
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Success and bravery may be fueled by ego and insecurities rather than intentional courage. Insecurity from childhood can have a significant impact on an individual's motivation to succeed.