Episode 186
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Why do people try to pursue happiness through possessions and goals? In this episode Mo argues that happiness is a state of mind and that treating it like a goal is the wrong approach. Discussions include methods to shift your mindset, the value of questioning your own thoughts and patterns and building the confidence that things will work out the way they are supposed to.
• Revaluating habits and mindset at the start of the year (00:00)
• Why the idea of pursuing happiness is weird (01:11)
• Don’t desire to be happy. Just be happy (02:39)
• Success and happiness are too separate goals (06:43)
• Defining what happiness means to you (08:04)
• Is happiness just a state of mind? (10:21)
• What are the things that help put you into the state of happiness on a consistent basis?(12:27)
• How Carter is approaching happiness (14:32)
• Being uptight about time (18:56)
• Having the confidence and faith that things will work out the way they are supposed to (20:50)
• Did Carter make videos with the intent of helping people and why did he stop? (26:39)
• Goals create purpose and fulfilment but not happiness (30:28)
• Pain is in the past (32:06)
• How to pull yourself back into the present (35:41)
The Shawshank Redemption
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shawshank_Redemption
Life Is Beautiful
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Is_Beautiful
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
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