Written by Will and Ariel Durant after completing the 10th volume of their 'The Story of Civilization' series, 'The Lessons of History' provides an overview of the themes and lessons observed from human history. The book examines history from various perspectives including geography, biology, race, character, morals, religion, economics, socialism, government, war, growth and decay, and progress. The Durants discuss the recurring themes of history, such as the balance between liberty and equality, the role of economics, and the inevitability of human nature's influence on historical events. They argue that while there are no predictable regularities in the course of civilizations, there are common factors that contribute to their growth and decline[1][3][5].
Burn the manifestation guide and step away from the affirmations. Here are some unusual but realistic ways to build happiness, wonder and gratitude for the world around you.
We all know we "should" build more gratitude if we want to be happier. You may have heard of gratitude journalling or even be practising it. Today we explore ideas that aren't spoken about but make a difference to your baseline enjoyment of life.
Some themes we highlight:
- The recurring problem with goals
- Fighting the natural focus on flaws
- Building a polymathic curiosity
- Raising our baseline everyday gratitude
- Zero affirmations
Whether you are highly sceptical of the positive or spiritual aspects of gratitude or just fed up with the endless bad news. It can feel hard to feel grateful when things seem so overwhelmingly difficult but this episode will teach you two ways to fight our focus on flaws and see reality with greater clarity.
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to Gratitude
01:35 Common Problems with Gratitude
04:12 Recurring theme - great achievements will come with problems
07:05 Planning for Problems
08:46 Gratitude in Relationships
09:31 Break Time
09:40 Contextualizing Gratitude and Building Curiousity
12:42 Appreciating Modern Innovations
13:18 Resources for Building Gratitude
16:01 Recap - Choose to see the positive side of things
17:58 Next Week's Episode
18:06 Outro
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