Though Im not sure I would have been ready to really grasp it years ago, I wish I had read Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert (a long time ago). Its a fantastic book with a simple, but profound insight. The basic insight is that humans are both bad at predicting what will make them happy, and bad at remembering what made them happy. Mr. Gilbert essentially proves that through human subjects experiments. And yet, he explains, we base virtually every decision on some combination of these two capabilities... that we dont have. This leads to lots of people being perpetually unhappy. The conclusion I came away with is to really avoid spending too much time chasing a goal. Whatever that goal may be, and focus much more on the process. This is of course not a new concept, but for some reason the light bulb really went off for me when I read his book. - Tim Westerman, founder of Pandora, in answering a question about what book he wishes he had read earlier in life.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 05:13:25 +0000
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