How to Help a Human Flounder

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How do you help a human flourish and achieve their goals, basically? I think it might be interesting to just summarize a few different perspectives on this. One way of looking at this is from the perspective of cognitive behavioral therapy. Another model is a sort of Buddhism model. These are just a couple of ways of looking at what it means to flourish.

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How can you live your best life? What's a good definition of "wisdom"? What are some possible taxonomies of life outcomes? What are some low-hanging fruit in the realm of self-improvement? What are some useful behavior change frameworks and techniques?

All his life, James Norris has been searching for the best ways to change himself and change the world. He started as an entrepreneur at age 6 and since has co-founded or helped build 9 businesses and 16 organizations, including the premier conference for the effective altruism movement, the world's first global lifehacking event series, Southeast Asia's first social innovation hackathon series, and a university for today's Leonardo da Vincis. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin as a triple major / quadruple minor. Find more about him at jamesnorris.org and upgradable.org.

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