Psychology and the Good Life, by Laurie Santos Notes and Hacks
My notes from the Psychology and the Good Life Video
My Video Notes
- Positive Psycology: we have good science to feel happier. Find secret of a happy life: seek out things that aren’t going to work.
- Science of behavior change: how we can behave better, how we can form habits.
- A new course:
- postive psychology
- how to practice it
- course rewirements: practices to make them feel happier, students did it because yale students are good at following the syllabus
- 1 in 4 yale students joined, very popular, students needed
- top ten insights:
- this enterprise is possible: we can improve our well being level, we can control our happiness.
- how we think about controling our happiness isn’t right.
- taking control of your happiness is hard, and takes effort. put ideas into practice.
- GI Joe fallacy - “knowing is half the battle”. don’t seek out material aspriations.
- what you can actaully do to be happier: make time for social connection. spend more time with others. spend more time with friends and family members.
- helping others makes us happier.
- make time for gratidue for everyday: think grateful thoughts, talk about what is good about your life. express gradtitude to others.
- do healthy practices: exericse, sleep.
- take time to be in the present moment. use techniques related to savoring. describe the experiance. - meditiation, pay attention to breath, a mantra.
- become wealthy in terms of time. prioritize time over money.
- the class started a viral conversation about wellbeing and happiness. free version, online version of the class on coursera.org.
Graditude List:
- Family
- Friends
- Food
- My house
- Netflix
- Books
- Blankets
- My laptop, phones, and airpods