Video Notes

  • Students are too stressed to do things they enjoy
  • Studnets feel lonely
  • Over 40% of students experience above the average level of stress
  • 1/3 of students feel too deppressed to function
  • Over 40% of students feel hopeless
  • 60% of students feel overwhelming anxiety
  • Over 50% of students feel very, very lonely
  • Over 80% feel overwhelmed with all that they have to do
  • Knowledge without application means nothing
  • Our behaviors a ffect our happiness
  • Cognitive Bias = GI Joe Fallacy
  • Happier people spend more times with others

Important Studies and Sciences

  • The Study of Happy People
  • The Study of behavioral change
  • Science of Psychology

Top 10 Insights from The Science of Psychology and the Good Life

  1. You do not have to be stuck in a state of well-being, you can always improve it
  2. Things like where we live, what job we have, our salary, etc. do not matter as much as we think
  3. Taking control of your life may not bring you to happiness, but following the habits of happy people can improve your well-being
  4. Recognizing that your mind is a liar and your intuition cannot be trusted when it comes to what happiness is