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#397 - Dr Benjamin Hardy - A High Achievers' Guide To Happiness

Nov 13, 2021

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The Psychological Benefits of Tracking Your Gains

01:47

Small Visions, Big Goals, Daily Commitment

01:38

The Gap: A Motivating Factor or a Problem?

02:13

True Success Lies in Pursuing Personal Fulfillment

01:54

Introduction

5min

The Gap in the Gain

1min

Happiness Is Not Something You Pursue

2min

I Confidence Is the Product of Past Performance

3min

The Gap Will Never Satisfy the Problem It's Fueling

2min

Are You in the Gap About Your Past?

3min

Do You Have a Gap Mentality?

3min

The Status Game

3min

What's the Point of Being Successful if You're Not Happy?

2min

10.

Measure Your Current Position Backwards and See Your Progress

5min

11.

Is Your Future the Thing Driving You?

3min

12.

Are Longer Term Goals More Motivating Than Small Goals?

2min

13.

The Fiftieth Law

3min

14.

Small Goals Aren't That Motivating

2min

15.

Is Your Daily Vision Too Small?

2min

16.

The Gap in the Gain Concept

5min

17.

Do You Have a Positive Psychology in the Present?

5min

18.

Transforming Difficult Experiences Into Gains

3min

19.

How to Protect Yourself From Complacency When Putting Yourself in the Gap

3min

20.

The World's Strongest Man

3min

21.

What's the Focking Point of Success if It Doesn't Make You Happy?

3min

22.

Gap in the Game

2min

Dr Benjamin Hardy is an organisational psychologist and an author.

Many high achievers are unhappy because the same motivation which drives exceptional performance often also leads to feelings of insufficiency, jealousy and comparison. So how can driven people reframe their worldview to come from a place of gratitude and happiness, whilst still keeping that competitive edge?

Expect to learn how comparing your performance to your potential is a recipe for disaster, why success without happiness is a pointless pursuit, Ben's best triggers for realising when you've fallen into The Gap, how to protect yourself against complacency when feeling happy with your performance and much more...

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