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8 Strategies For Avoiding A Life You Hate - Dr Gad Saad - #686


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Dr Gad Saad is an Evolutionary Psychologist, Professor of Marketing at Concordia University, a podcaster and an author.

In today’s fast-paced world, happiness and contentment often seem elusive. By taking an evolutionary lens on happiness, we can gain deeper insight into why we are the way we are and decode the contributing elements to living a good life.

Expect to learn where happiness comes from, why evolution cursed humans with the ability to feel existential discontent, what people get wrong about defining and understanding happiness, what role genetics plays, how to pick the right partner, whether married people are more happy on average, why more more sex equal doesn’t always equal more happiness, how you can become more anti-fragile and much more...

Timestamps:

(00:00) Why Has Evolution Allowed Us to Feel Negative Emotions?

(06:33) What We Can Learn About Stress From Zebras
(13:19) What People Get Wrong About Happiness
(18:49) Key Factors for a Happy Life
(27:54) Happiness Differences Between Political Orientations
(32:48) Are Married People More Happy?
(39:16) How Much Sex Should We Be Having?
(41:43) Loving Your Work Vs Being a Workaholic
(49:44) The Differences of Optimising for Pleasure & Optimising for Low Risk
(1:00:00) Does Everything Happen for a Reason?
(1:11:14) How to Be Anti-Fragile to Criticism
(1:18:07) A Simplified Guide to Happiness
(1:21:34) Where to Find Gad

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