8 Strategies For Avoiding A Life You Hate - Dr Gad Saad | Modern Wisdom 686
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 what are 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...
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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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