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Roy Baumeister || Identity, the Self, and the Meaning of Life

The Psychology Podcast

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What Is the Meaning of Life?

You came up with four needs for meaning, and thought you could maybe just talk about four. Franco was the first one to dare to bring the idea of meaning and meaning of life into psychology. Having a purpose is not going to make your life meaningful if there's nothing you can do fulfil that purpose. The third is efficacy. You have to believe you can make a difference. And then, thinking again about self esteem and so on, some basis fortk that you're a person of value,. That's also implicated with those people who have a purpose that they're striving for. For them, life is pretty meaningful. Ah, for people who don't have those things, well, it

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