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Hipotezy szczescia. Odnalezc nadzieje w klasycznej madrosci
Hipotezy szczescia. Odnalezc nadzieje w klasycznej madrosci
416 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2022
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Jonathan Haidt
15 books5,479 followersJonathan Haidt is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He obtained his PhD in social psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992 and taught at the University of Virginia for sixteen years. His research focuses on moral and political psychology, as described in his book The Righteous Mind. His latest book, The Anxious Generation, is a direct continuation of the themes explored in The Coddling of the American Mind (written with Greg Lukianoff). He writes the After Babel Substack.
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December 28, 2021
This book sounds to me like agregation of few books out there. Namely found there paragraph about types of love, elephant and rider, om reciprocity, &c
Book suggest to mindfully act in your life, evaluate and reevaluate your position regularly so you can always know where you stand.
≥Your interpretation of things determines the kind of life you'll live.
≥Once you can control your interpretations, you can control your life. Change is useful and essential, but it's tough to achieve and difficult to maintain.
≥Your inner Elephant will definitely overreact to certain things like a change, of course, a new companion, a new environment, etc. It also overreacts to insignificant things, thereby allowing emotions to cloud judgments.
≥Reciprocity creates an act of expectation that allows kindness to grow.
≥When you don’t treat others with respect, it can lead to a conflict of interest, gossip, and hatred.
≥Humans believe that when you don't reciprocate, you're an ingrate that doesn't deserve help again. Humans tend to see the faults of others more than they see their own.
≥Admitting your faults can be very difficult because the Elephant is programmed to deny accusations. Once the Elephant denies the accusation, the rider also follows suit and tries to vindicate you instead of examining the accusation.
≥When you examine your true position on a matter, you'll realize that when you apologize for being wrong, there's a high chance the other party will reciprocate. Reciprocity then occurs because there's a mutual exchange of true admittance to faults.
≥Adaptation means that you are willing to blend with a new philosophy and associate with it without conflict of interest or expression.
≥The act of love is a very fundamental, important and needed feeling in the lives of humans.
≥Adversity can be used to your advantage because it propels you to reflect on yourself
≥even though research shows that most people somehow benefit from hardships as time goes on.
≥Going through troubled times can also strengthen friendships and relationships because these are the moments where help is required and given.
≥Your happiness is heavily influenced by the agreement between the Elephant and the rider. As long as there are conflicts between the Elephant and the rider, you're bound to be very unhappy.
≥Adversity and reproach allow you the chance to reflect on a mistake, re–evaluate your position, and make necessary adjustments. For example, when you lose a family member, the emotional reaction can lead you to question life and reality. This pushes you to be more conscious of your life and brings you closer to your personal life.
≥adversities can provide the perfect leverage for them to reflect and make corrections where needed.
≥Virtue is made up of several traits like morality, altruism, nobleness, and some other respected character traits. In the days of ancient Rome, these character traits were seen as the correct way of life. High morality and nobility were traits attached to men of honor and courage, especially men of noble birth.
≥Practicing altruism and believing in the essence of helping others gives meaning to your life, and connects you to other people so that you can live together.
≥Another method of practicing morality is to establish a society where a set of values and doctrines would be practiced. This would have a strong positive effect on all involved so they can reconcile their rider and Elephant. Moving to a community where values and rules are followed would boost your morality because you have to adapt, and in the course of adapting, you level up in your morality. Morality increases happiness as long as it's not forced on you.
≥When you are with a group of people who you share the same beliefs with, you'll most likely experience awe.
≥When you surround yourself with people who make you feel appreciated in many ways, it becomes easier for you to find happiness.
≥What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is the creation of our mind.
≥To create lasting happiness, you must find a way to align your passion for what you do. Make sure you love and enjoy what you do; otherwise, you'll hate your life and end up not pursuing your passion.
Book suggest to mindfully act in your life, evaluate and reevaluate your position regularly so you can always know where you stand.
≥Your interpretation of things determines the kind of life you'll live.
≥Once you can control your interpretations, you can control your life. Change is useful and essential, but it's tough to achieve and difficult to maintain.
≥Your inner Elephant will definitely overreact to certain things like a change, of course, a new companion, a new environment, etc. It also overreacts to insignificant things, thereby allowing emotions to cloud judgments.
≥Reciprocity creates an act of expectation that allows kindness to grow.
≥When you don’t treat others with respect, it can lead to a conflict of interest, gossip, and hatred.
≥Humans believe that when you don't reciprocate, you're an ingrate that doesn't deserve help again. Humans tend to see the faults of others more than they see their own.
≥Admitting your faults can be very difficult because the Elephant is programmed to deny accusations. Once the Elephant denies the accusation, the rider also follows suit and tries to vindicate you instead of examining the accusation.
≥When you examine your true position on a matter, you'll realize that when you apologize for being wrong, there's a high chance the other party will reciprocate. Reciprocity then occurs because there's a mutual exchange of true admittance to faults.
≥Adaptation means that you are willing to blend with a new philosophy and associate with it without conflict of interest or expression.
≥The act of love is a very fundamental, important and needed feeling in the lives of humans.
≥Adversity can be used to your advantage because it propels you to reflect on yourself
≥even though research shows that most people somehow benefit from hardships as time goes on.
≥Going through troubled times can also strengthen friendships and relationships because these are the moments where help is required and given.
≥Your happiness is heavily influenced by the agreement between the Elephant and the rider. As long as there are conflicts between the Elephant and the rider, you're bound to be very unhappy.
≥Adversity and reproach allow you the chance to reflect on a mistake, re–evaluate your position, and make necessary adjustments. For example, when you lose a family member, the emotional reaction can lead you to question life and reality. This pushes you to be more conscious of your life and brings you closer to your personal life.
≥adversities can provide the perfect leverage for them to reflect and make corrections where needed.
≥Virtue is made up of several traits like morality, altruism, nobleness, and some other respected character traits. In the days of ancient Rome, these character traits were seen as the correct way of life. High morality and nobility were traits attached to men of honor and courage, especially men of noble birth.
≥Practicing altruism and believing in the essence of helping others gives meaning to your life, and connects you to other people so that you can live together.
≥Another method of practicing morality is to establish a society where a set of values and doctrines would be practiced. This would have a strong positive effect on all involved so they can reconcile their rider and Elephant. Moving to a community where values and rules are followed would boost your morality because you have to adapt, and in the course of adapting, you level up in your morality. Morality increases happiness as long as it's not forced on you.
≥When you are with a group of people who you share the same beliefs with, you'll most likely experience awe.
≥When you surround yourself with people who make you feel appreciated in many ways, it becomes easier for you to find happiness.
≥What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: our life is the creation of our mind.
≥To create lasting happiness, you must find a way to align your passion for what you do. Make sure you love and enjoy what you do; otherwise, you'll hate your life and end up not pursuing your passion.
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August 16, 2023
Jestem pod ogromnym wrażeniem tej książki. Trafia do bardzo elitarnego grona pozycji, które faktycznie zmieniły moje spojrzenie na życie. Z tym większym bólem odejmuję gwiazdkę za ostatnie rozdziały zawierające między innymi otwartą zachętę do próbowania narkotyków. No nie. Gdyby uciąć tę końcówkę, polecałabym „Hipotezy szczęścia” każdemu, mówiąc, że zmienia życie.
September 18, 2020
I enjoyed the book, but thought it was a little too wordy. Ted recommended I read just the parts he highlighted. I couldn't do that, but I did skim through some of the book.
The book uses ancient wisdom to discover the source of Happiness. I'm all about finding sources of happiness in 2020!!! Here is a quote from the book I thought summarized a little on happiness:
"Studies that have assigned people to perform a random act of kindness every week, or to count their blessings regularly for several weeks, find small but sustained increases and happiness."
The book uses ancient wisdom to discover the source of Happiness. I'm all about finding sources of happiness in 2020!!! Here is a quote from the book I thought summarized a little on happiness:
"Studies that have assigned people to perform a random act of kindness every week, or to count their blessings regularly for several weeks, find small but sustained increases and happiness."
August 18, 2023
Świetna książka, autor posługuje się ogromna ilością źródeł z dziedzin takich jak: psychologia, filozofia, socjologia, antropologia. Mimo tego, że jest profesorem psychologii pisze bardzo przystępnym językiem, nie umniejsza innym dziedzinom nauki i używa bardzo trafnych i zapadających w pamięć historii oraz metafor. Must read dla każdego zainteresowanego zgłębieniem swojej wiedzy o ludziach.
December 3, 2020
Guy read Upanishads, he knows what he is talking about 😁
Enjoyed it.
Sometimes it caused contradiction but in the end everything formed perfect symmetry.
I hope today's Americans read read this book in the wake of widening division that is being caused between left and right.
Enjoyed it.
Sometimes it caused contradiction but in the end everything formed perfect symmetry.
I hope today's Americans read read this book in the wake of widening division that is being caused between left and right.
November 7, 2024
Love this book! this is much more than a self-help book, and touches psychology, philosophy, religion and morality. the author and i shared very similar experiences growing up: as young teens, questioning the meaning of life and feeling empty & lost, went to study philosophy and failed to find anything practical in the western philosophical discourse, which mainly concerns with logical puzzles and well construed arguments; and then ended up finding practical wisdoms on how to live a fulfilling life elsewhere, e.g. in psychology / meditation / yoga.
he has a lot of interesting insights into the origins and social functions of religion, and how its closely correlated with morality, ultrasociality, and evolution, and especially the feeling of disgust, which i never thought about. the exploration of the relation between altruism vs self-interest and they purpose the serve in biological and group selection was also super fascinating.
the chapter on the experience of divinity was a highlight too. when one experiences the feeling of self-transcendence, or what yogis call "samadhi", the parts of brain that is responsible for tracking the boundary of oneself and its relation with the spatial surrounding literally get shut off. and thus one would report a sense of self-expansion and merging with the universal consciousness. cool to see a scientific explanation to a mythical / magical subjective experience.
he has a lot of interesting insights into the origins and social functions of religion, and how its closely correlated with morality, ultrasociality, and evolution, and especially the feeling of disgust, which i never thought about. the exploration of the relation between altruism vs self-interest and they purpose the serve in biological and group selection was also super fascinating.
the chapter on the experience of divinity was a highlight too. when one experiences the feeling of self-transcendence, or what yogis call "samadhi", the parts of brain that is responsible for tracking the boundary of oneself and its relation with the spatial surrounding literally get shut off. and thus one would report a sense of self-expansion and merging with the universal consciousness. cool to see a scientific explanation to a mythical / magical subjective experience.
January 18, 2024
So much information, studies, theories & ideas from all kinds of groups & people such as religions & and religious leaders, eastern & western civilization philosophies & philosophers, all kinds of scientists, conservative & liberal political views & politicians about how to understand ourselves, find the purpose of life & therefore live a fulfilling and happy life!
I resonated with many of these ideas and had heard of several of them already! Some of them were foreign to me, but all of them rang true to me in at least small ways! All these theories & ideas were a bit overwhelming. Which one do you choose?
I decided that there are many ways to be happy & have a fulfilling life. Do the things that work for me and be open to other people's ways! This is a book I might want to buy to study & think about more!
I resonated with many of these ideas and had heard of several of them already! Some of them were foreign to me, but all of them rang true to me in at least small ways! All these theories & ideas were a bit overwhelming. Which one do you choose?
I decided that there are many ways to be happy & have a fulfilling life. Do the things that work for me and be open to other people's ways! This is a book I might want to buy to study & think about more!
June 21, 2025
I picked up this book hoping for a deep dive into both ancient wisdom and modern psychology, but it didn’t quite live up to my expectations. While the book covers a wide range of ideas and is definitely easy to read, it often felt like it was just skimming the surface.
Also the scientific research mentioned throughout the book seemed lightly presented, without enough depth and the ancient teachings seemed random like the author jumped from one culture to another, picking out interesting bits here and there, but without offering a full or meaningful picture of any of them.
Overall it was still an enjoyable read but it didnt have the depth I was hoping for.
Also the scientific research mentioned throughout the book seemed lightly presented, without enough depth and the ancient teachings seemed random like the author jumped from one culture to another, picking out interesting bits here and there, but without offering a full or meaningful picture of any of them.
Overall it was still an enjoyable read but it didnt have the depth I was hoping for.
September 22, 2023
"Above all, I thank my wife, Jayne Riew, who gave me a between."
That's the last line of the acknowledgement section.
This was a nice touch by Jonathan Haidt to reward me with a in-book reference. Right at the end. It definitely added to me appreciating having read the book a little more than I imagined.
That's the last line of the acknowledgement section.
This was a nice touch by Jonathan Haidt to reward me with a in-book reference. Right at the end. It definitely added to me appreciating having read the book a little more than I imagined.
February 16, 2025
3,5 - można powiedzieć, że to taki wstęp do psychologii, do tego jak żyć (nie tylko jak być szczęśliwym), też sporo o moralności i religijności. Rozwiniecie tych teorii znajdziemy w pòźniejszych książkach autora, zwładzcza w Prawym umyśle. Dla mnie było tu zbyt wiele powtórek z tego, co już wiem i dobrze znam.
April 3, 2022
The best book I've read all year, and perhaps for a number of years. For someone who is in constant search of meaning and trying to reconcile the world's religions and traditions, this is an outstanding work.
September 21, 2022
I got this book on the recommendation of several people that seem happy! It is not what I expected, and goes far beyond the "self-help" genre. Not sure that I agree with some of the suggestions, but I have to say that it challenged my thinking. Well worth reading.
June 2, 2024
Very good book with review what old wisdom people thinking --> Chinese, Indian, and central asia philosophy .
The happiness comes from meaning full works, the work you love and enjoy to do
and the close relations with people they care you and you care them !!!
The happiness comes from meaning full works, the work you love and enjoy to do
and the close relations with people they care you and you care them !!!
April 4, 2020
some excellent studies and ideas in here to revist and work into one's life.
January 6, 2021
An outstanding, no BS book on critical thinking skills. Although, this was not that "life-changing" but it is definitely a good read to get a perspective.
September 19, 2021
Jonathan Haidt is a total legend READ HIM!
September 8, 2022
1. Meditation
2. We get more pleasure from making progress toward our goal than we do from achieving them
2. We get more pleasure from making progress toward our goal than we do from achieving them
January 18, 2023
Great book. Many insights can be adopted daily and based on the person's perspective.
May 16, 2024
I read the smily book. It was ok
August 31, 2024
Possibly a five if the info was new to you
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December 9, 2025Book of wisdom
September 29, 2023
Niestety mimo wieku zalet książka ma wiele niebezpiecznych i nie godnych z nauką stwierdzeń. Określa leki przeciwdepresyjne jako "droge na skróty", pigulki "zmieniające osobowość". Sugeruje również, że pod wieloma względami psychoterapia jest ważniejsza niż leczenie, kompletnie pomijając osoby z myślami s, autoagresją, czy po prostu takie które są w na tyle złym stanie, że wymagają stabilizacji lekami przed podjęciem terapii.
Druga kwestią jest obarczanie ofiar częścią odpowiedzialności za wyrządzone krzywdy czyli tzw victim blaming, o którym autor sam wspomina nazywając go tematem tabu. Jednocześnie pomija fakt, że świadomość w tej kwestii jest rzeczą świeża i dotychczas powszechnym zjawiskiem było obarczanie winą ofiar gw@łtów i molestowania. O ile w wielu przypadkach można taka filozofię zastosować, to przerzucanie nawet małej części winy ze sprawcy na ofiarę jest niepoprawne.
Druga kwestią jest obarczanie ofiar częścią odpowiedzialności za wyrządzone krzywdy czyli tzw victim blaming, o którym autor sam wspomina nazywając go tematem tabu. Jednocześnie pomija fakt, że świadomość w tej kwestii jest rzeczą świeża i dotychczas powszechnym zjawiskiem było obarczanie winą ofiar gw@łtów i molestowania. O ile w wielu przypadkach można taka filozofię zastosować, to przerzucanie nawet małej części winy ze sprawcy na ofiarę jest niepoprawne.
May 29, 2021
"Happiness comes from within and cannot be obtained by making the world conforms to your desires."
The author explore so much about definition and source of happiness and tells how.
there so many insight, refrence and easy to read.
The author explore so much about definition and source of happiness and tells how.
there so many insight, refrence and easy to read.
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