00:00 🤔 Unhappiness often stems from expectation gaps, where our expectations exceed our experiences of reality. 01:51 🥉 Research suggests that coming third in the Olympics often leads to more contentment than coming second, highlighting the impact of expectations on happiness. 03:05 💭 Three main types of expectation gaps include imagination, interpersonal, and intertemporal gaps, shaping our perceptions of reality and satisfaction. 05:01 💼 Taking happiness seriously requires efforts from various sectors, including entrepreneurs, policymakers, and content creators, to address expectation management and prioritize contentment over consumption and competition. 06:22 🏅 Understanding the role of expectations in happiness can lead to more informed decision-making and a better match between our thinking and feeling processes.
These concepts are not as new as were presented here. For example what he calls interpersonal gap is a well researched concept from social psychology called social comparison, which dates back several decades. I think it's important for these talks to not present things as though they are new when they are not. Let's not coin new names for well established phenomena and think that makes it a new idea.
Expected to live a normal life, I've worked hard my whole life and we cant afford kids, we can barely afford to feed ourselves right now. Why is rent so expensive?
00:00 🤔 Unhappiness often stems from expectation gaps, where our expectations exceed our experiences of reality.
01:51 🥉 Research suggests that coming third in the Olympics often leads to more contentment than coming second, highlighting the impact of expectations on happiness.
03:05 💭 Three main types of expectation gaps include imagination, interpersonal, and intertemporal gaps, shaping our perceptions of reality and satisfaction.
05:01 💼 Taking happiness seriously requires efforts from various sectors, including entrepreneurs, policymakers, and content creators, to address expectation management and prioritize contentment over consumption and competition.
06:22 🏅 Understanding the role of expectations in happiness can lead to more informed decision-making and a better match between our thinking and feeling processes.
I like the saying it's not the pursuit of happiness but the happiness of pursuit
Yes, my expectations of thinking any Doctor could ever help me.
you're going to the wrong doctor.
Listen up twice 😊❤
Yes, my expectations making me unhappy because i have a lot of dreams and i didn't continue or finish any thig
These concepts are not as new as were presented here. For example what he calls interpersonal gap is a well researched concept from social psychology called social comparison, which dates back several decades. I think it's important for these talks to not present things as though they are new when they are not. Let's not coin new names for well established phenomena and think that makes it a new idea.
Expected to live a normal life, I've worked hard my whole life and we cant afford kids, we can barely afford to feed ourselves right now. Why is rent so expensive?
capitalism.
It's mainly due to corporations and capitalism. I could go into detail, but It's not worth the time atm trying to text that all out lol
Great information
so I shouldn't expect to find love and I should just accept dying alone. okay
Noo,you deserve love,we deserve Love 🫂💞,keep faith
Do not listen to anyone who calls themselves an entrepreneur lmao
thank you for this video 🥹 it comes in the most unexpected way and makes my day