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Reality is Broken:
The happiness we get from cheering on friends and family ensures our personal investment in other people’s growth and achievements.
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87 |
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Reality is Broken:
…when we see success or failure as an entirely individual affair, we can’t bother to invest time or resources in someone else’s achievements.
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88 |
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Reality is Broken:
Extroverts are simply more likely to seek out the experiences that create social bonding and affections. As a result they are liked and better supported than introverts…
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Reality is Broken:
There is significant evidence to suggest that social rewards are intensified by things like eye contact and touch.
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92 |
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Reality is Broken:
How do we get more meaning in our lives? It’s actually quite simple… the single best way to add meaning to our lives is to connect our daily actions to something bigger than ourselves – and the bigger, the better.
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Reality is Broken:
Meaning is the feeling that we’re part of something bigger than ourselves.
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97 |
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Reality is Broken:
Awe… is the single most overwhelming and gratifying positive emotion we can feel.
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99 |
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Reality is Broken:
Whenever we feel awe in the form of chills, goose bumps, or choking up serves as a kind of emotional radar for detecting meaningful activity.
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99 |
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Reality is Broken:
The more we focus on ourselves and avoid a commitment to others… research shows, the more we suffer from anxiety and depression.
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Reality is Broken:
…true happiness comes not from thinking more about ourselves, but rather from thinking less of ourselves…
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