Chip Conley: Measuring what makes life worthwhile
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- www.ted.com When the dotcom bubble burst, hotelier Chip Conley went in search of a business model based on happiness. In an old friendship with an employee and in the wisdom of a Buddhist king, he learned that success comes from what you count.
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I agree with Chip Conley on the equation of happiness for wanting what you want divided by having what you want. In my case, I spend almost a year with my kids and family without job. I choose to be a full time mom with them, after spending more than 10 years of working abroad. I stayed with kids to spent times together to cover up the years of my absence at their side. I believe that this is what I want over wanting what I have, sacrificed the profit of working. This was makes me happy to be with my children. Life is what you make it, life is short, always choose to be good and to be happy to make life worth living for.
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I agree w/ Conley re: the happiness equation. My testimonial: I spent a year with no job and dwindling finances. I stayed happy by constantly crossing off items from my list of desires/ goals. A lot of that list had to do with what I didn't have: money. So I worked with what I had lots of: time. I prioritized all my time-heavy goals: running 5K, learning (on TED!), losing weight, having a busy social life, etc. Achieving those goals provided a source of constant happiness.
To all those complaining about not covering xyz topic of your fancy or that this is not the sort of talk that you like, each TED event covers a wide range of topics with many different talks and performances. You can choose what you listen to and if you don't like it, watch another video. The title of the clip generally gives you a good idea of what's coming up. I found him inspirational and this is the 1st time I have heard about GDH, perhaps not a perfect talk but I can look it up now. TY TED
How do you sum up this video? Spot on. We evolved leaps and bounds as a society. This is what we need to start focusing on for our society's greater good.
A great speech. The idea he describes is the doorway to a more humane world.
奇普說話時，有種溫暖、真誠的感覺。=D
I could not agree with you more, have everything you want and be happy.
the speech makes me come back here, even knowing all the details
Hi Chip! It’s Karen Martin. You were mentioned in Dr Sara Gottfried’s Ted talk and I immediately knew it must be you! Great to see you doing so well! I sent you a Facebook friend request. My Pilates work still awesome but am building my wellness practice here in MI. Will be sharing some of your nuggets of wellness with my clients.
I finally got my break (a job) right after touching my lowest point: the two weeks that I shuffled a suitcase from friend to friend because I was homeless. (Yes, I found friends to help me because of all that socializing!) Today, I have the ability to fulfill some of those money-heavy desires but I realize that I'm not as happy as I was during those hard times. I think the difference is that I was proactive about finding happiness then but now, because I have money, I'm complacent about it.
@gobi752 I am sorry if taking "seeing the depth in your other comments I do not see it necessary to argue further " to be elitist was incorrect. However tedtalks has all kinds of videos and just because you disagree with it does not mean it is bad or poorly researched.
One of, if not THE best TED talk I've seen so far :)
loved the short video at the end
That was absolutely brilliant!
... not so sure about the 17 minutes of waffle before the 'Good Vibrations' main feature though...
(Just kiddin'!).
If you liked this talk, have a listen to some of Jacque Fresco's philosophies.
It's along these lines.
8:46 'For the next 3000 years' hahaha i love that
@dannypantsgm You seemed to miss the point which was summarized at the end; happiness increases profits in most sectors so you can have both.
What a great idea. That king is doing what coaches have been doing for their teams for years. Finding ways to inspire the team members, convinced that if they are happy, inspired and motivated they will do a better job. He did it for his country and he did something everybody can relate to. Of course some people will call it a scam, but in the meantime the GNH will rise anyway… probably the GNP as well. I guess people will start moving there for that reason… just wait and see.
"For it is said that humans are never satisfied, that you give them one thing and they want something more. And this is said in disparagement, whereas it is one of the greatest talents the species has and one that has made it superior to animals that are satisfied with what they have." -John Steinbeck
@mistacramer true , it is hard to take this in when things are hard. I don't get the bad feeling from this guy that you do though. I think his approach is much like those of countries where people are much happier and government works for the people (as intended) . Not sure how it would apply in north american now- but it can't hurt can it?
@lazyd0g That is true, but what Chip Conley was saying is that we should start counting those things that were thought to be uncountable, such as happiness.
All this talk says, is care. Care for your fellow human beings, care for your employees and employers, be willing to serve others. If we weren't so individualistic in this industrial age, happiness would reign supreme. Read the word of God people.
Made some good points and brought up some better questions
It would have been helpful to give a few examples of how Bhutan measures it's gnh.
Good idea here, but I think we are going to have a tough time here in the US. It has started, but the old mode will not die easily.
@Durgles I too have experience recruiting, And i take it very seriously knowing there's a human being behind each letter and CV. But from the other side it is so dispiriting to fill out the umpteenth app form having got zilch from all the previous. i feel for the guy and his experience is common.
Would really like TED's in HD.. the words are still as powerfull but the pictures will be even more powerfull :D
@BrutusAlbion No, that is neither my philosophy nor was it what I was thinking, if you really care what I think you can peruse the other comments I left under this video.
You would agree that you want to be free to help who you want and forcing everyone to help everyone is bad though, yes or no?
@orangepeelpeel Hi, You know I am a business owner in the US and I know many people from third world countries and build huge business fast, yet I also know many Americans who do not build one here saying "it's easier over there". In the US, we have more capacity, a more catalyzed environment, but it's never location that determines success. Location is a "greener on the other side" argument. And as far as the salary, our cost of living and thusly quality of life is also much higher.
I loved the cartoon at the end. Made me happy. =]
@fla0303 Because companies that get this simple fact, tend to thrive, while those who do not tend to do little more than survive. (And most businesses absolutely do not get this.) The presenter's company is a huge success and he has told everyone why. You don't think an inspiring presentation of an essential ingredient for success makes for a good TED presentation? The standing ovation from the audience at the end would seen to disagree with you.
why are so many people bashing this guy? The problem is not out there, its in our heads.
I agree GNH a better indicator of nations and its people’s well-being. However, I was exiled from Bhutan (100000 others too) because of being a different ethnic group than a king. Miserable life in a refugee camp for almost 20 years was not happy. So I would say it is a very good concept, nevertheless being one of the happiest country in the world is a bogus claim of Bhutan. Anyway very awesome speech.
Nice talk, but it was twice as long as needed. It's amazing that one would think it necessary to deconstruct the idea of valuing the intangible to a crowd like that.
I've though about this before how you feel from day to day or how happy you are is more important than how much money you have or whatever.
It goes with the equation of happiness, wanting what you have divided by having what you want equals to gratification of happiness.
i liked the animation at the end!
@CognosSquare Excuse me sir, I grew up in Nigeria till I was 18. I love the U.S. as I have been given a window of opportunity,...but there was & is a true happiness in Nigeria, that I seldom find here...please...do not let the media fool you. Money is important...very important...but it truly doesn't always buy happiness, my friend.
i felt like in the middle of this video people were thinking "what are we to do?" and the conclusion I've reached is to just wait. it might sound depressing at first to just be inactive but if we have a generational problem for example of people being fed content their whole lives, you don't just snap your fingers and expect people to start thinking or become creative.
2 Corinthians 4:18 (New American Standard Bible)
18while we (A)look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
@noobler9
well... ur right on the self pity thing... but u gotta admit it gets pretty disappointing after getting no call backs or constantly getting rejected w/o any explanation...
@Lesserthannone I agree. all these pessimistic comments blow my mind. it's like none of them even listened to the guy.
basically saying obvious common sense things among business leaders is kind of revolutionary
Amazing talk! I really wanna go to Bhutan.:)
@numbersabcdefg Your comment gets my vote for Comment of the Year, Your experience is dommon. But no one wats to hear reality except when it is uplifting. But personally, I wish you luck mate. Knowing that even if you do succeed, many will not.
@numbersabcdefg you make a very good point why don't you email him and ask him yourself he has his own website he'd be more likely to reply back than any of those jobs you went for? As regards the whole what's the point of one more? Well none of us can predict the future can we?
@RaWBLooD How so? GDP is not a company metric, and neither is GNP. Sure, some of his speech was about companies, and I was fine with that. But you hear that stuff in plenty of Marketing classes, being customer focused and how that produces more profit and more "happiness". I was responding to his points about government.
I don't care what people can delude themselves into thinking they're happy about. There are states of affairs that allow for your survival and keep you free, and others which turn you into a serf.
Mental gymnastics can only take you so far. That being said, I'm sure there were a lot of happy slaves along with the miserable ones...
Awesome video.
@numbersabcdefg I also think it's important to realise that everything is relative, which makes this TEDtalk even less effective.
"Why is it that business leaders and investors quite often don't see the connection between creating the intangible of employees happiness with creating the tangible of financial profit in their business?"
Because they care about return on investment. And they want it as quickly as possible. They don't care about happiness of employees. Only that they do their jobs.
He should have mentioned the United Nation's "Human Development Index" (HDI).
It's a combined measure of a society's Life expectancy (ie: health), Education, and per capita GDP (ie: standard of living).
@Rimsh7 you argue because in a democracy, a wrong opinion can count as much as a correct one. you are obligated by a democratic form of government to concern yourself with the opinions of the masses, because you have to live by those opinions whether they are wrong or not.
@kenseavert you know what. you're right
@numbersabcdefg Every knock back is 1 step closer to getting somewhere.
What sort of degrees do you have?
Do you really think from an employer's view that someone with 4 degrees would be happy to stick around scrubbing toilets?
No one would employ you for such a lowly job with intentions to leave it as soon as possible.
What do you ideally WANT to do?
What step can you take to get there?
Don't give up
This is a good idea. A modern Confucian way of thinking.
@noobler9 but he's still stuck with one hammer, which also makes everything look like a nail to him - the idea of businessprofits. cause actually that counters the idea of gnh.
Agreed
@mompm Nice one mate! Actions speak louder than words.
@genefire I disagree with you that growth is not sustainable. Though I would be the first to admit that growing 'as we are right now' is unsustainable. But change is inevitable, and we will not continue to grow as we are, for the simple reason that, 'it is unsustainable! What we will do is evolve into more sustainable means of growth. It does not mean that we will stop growing.
@RaWBLooD hey dude, do you know something called sarcasm
I was just joking :), positive speeches are good but my point is
if you present something at TED it should have some quality which
is missing in this video. Its not bad in any sense but "poorly researched"
compared to other talks that are presented at TED.
@philkapune I think we're going to have to agree to disagree on that point. Don't get me wrong, I am all for capitalism and I think business is good, but in my experience (which is extensive) they are there to do business, not spread happy seeds.
@griskrossaren completely legit and valid, and justified statement.
@mistacramer The solution to Corporatism is less government, not more. The whole problem is that big corporations can avert any disasters of their own doing, heard of "too big to fail" recently?
@sparklymage It's pretty obvious he was talking about private business leaders not government projects. If you think all economists work for the government, you keep on keepin' on, bro.
@fosibodu how the hell did you do that?!
Does youtube allow URLs now?
@RaWBLooD Btw by terming my comments as negative and calling me elitist , you are the one who is being negative !!! I just gave an objective view of talk and comments
The speaker is not soooo good. "Actually" seems to be his favorite word. However his point is quite good. A perfectly running economy still doesn't guarantee happiness and isn't it the most important thing to spend most of our time happy? Of course happiness and success are connected, but why not measure happiness as well?
@Durgles Mkaes sense to me too!
@RaWBLooD I was giving a constructive criticism of the talk, i could
have pointed out flaws more specifically but the word limit did not permit
it and work ethics + "right vision" brings about positive change in world. Hitler
Mao had both ( work ethic + vision ) but they only destroyed there respective countries, anyways seeing the depth in your other comments I do not see it
necessary to argue further
very curious lecture. To me it seems that Chip and people like Tony Heisch of zappos are following a similar approach/theory/pattern of running their business and what matters most. I think there's very few in business that even have the option to do the same because its so ingrained in the business culture to run by the mundane numbers. Sadly, you would get laughed out of the office suggesting this kind of approach.
@RaWBLooD But the point belies the underlying intent. Increase profit. That's the real motivation. They don't care about you.
@RaWBLooD When industries exist within the market (ie: marketing, public relations, etc) to keep the customer AWAY from the information they need to make proper decisions, capitalism inevitably descends into the corporatism we have now.
Several Nobel Prizes in Economics have been awarded for analyses of market failures due to asymmetric information.
How do you sum up this entire video in one sentence?
Perhaps my dogma is a little too concrete. But...
Normally TED is about accurately expressing problems and identifying solutions.
I'm not seeing a framework for solutions to this. Otherwise, this is just a drive-by seminar.
I think that complacency is brought into place by the idea that only money/ profit drives happiness. By urging industry leaders to defy that idea, Conley presents a strategy to make happiness drive the profits effectively proposing a solution to economic-crisis-related problems. The strategy: measuring intangibles. However - and this is my grumble - he provides insufficient information on how the intangibles are measured.
@gbiota1 What I am talking about is a more individual philosophy. A personal creed of sorts. I am not to impose my understanding of happiness on others.
Also, about my responsibility in a democratic society, I think it would be fair to say that my concern with the opinions of others is a natural result of Democracy but not directly a part of it. Democracy is meant to reflect the view of the majority, not the view of a more convincing minority.
@allthestarsinthesky Ha Ha ha! Brilliant! Nice one mate!
Westerners need to learn from the so-called "developing nations." Stable marriages, strangers on the street that help you when you are in need... There was once a survey by the BBC that found that Nigerians were the happiest people on earth. I wonder why?! (sarcasm)
you can both money and happiness at the same time.
@gobi752 Defeatist attitudes have not built the world, work ethic combined with goals in mind did. You can try all you want, but you will not bring down those with vision in their life.
@rafaravioli You sound like you believe there actually are classes that people can not get out of.
Everyone wins in a competing market. When it is cheap to produce something, someone will end up competing against any business trying to have big margins by marking up their products a lot.
Can you go into detail why you believe a high minimum wage is good? Please take into account how inflation works.
No buddhism bullship has ever brought anyone enlightment and inner peace.
just imagine world leaders thinking like this, wow
He actually says "actually" a lot.
hey guys help me out I'm in psychology and I need to find two ways this related to humanistic perspective. plz help
@orangepeelpeel I apologise unreservedly. Anyone who tries to help should be encoutaged. I'm sorry.
This guy has facial expresions, gestures, and speech patterns very similar to Eric von Markovik. He could be his older brother, only teaching business instead of social dynamics.
@dannypantsgm And what's so bad about that? You make it sound like if a business's only reason to make you happy is to increase profits, you would rather it did not try to make you happy at all. My question to you is why? Would you rather be unhappy if it means the business does not profit? Maybe you need to start your own business so that you don't need to be mad about making customers AND employees very happy.
@letsprocras thanks for making sense dude
I don't think many of the people comenting are aware of the message. Clearly some people need to have things (usally bad things), before they understand the true messure of happy.
@Takua38000 i wasn't asking for an example of something to compete in the world record, but something to say U.S. is healthy. what you are doing is defined as nitpicking.
a mouse is small, a hippo is big, and elephant is bigger. just because an elephant is bigger don't make a hippo any smaller or bigger than it already is. it is still big. it still has a fat ass.
Give me a break. "... so I took my CEO hat off for a week and went to the Himalayas..."
@defect530
Conciseness is a virtue
They probably measure what they measure with GDP because:
1 tangible things are easier to count
2 GDP generally coincides with happiness.
@malcolmbryant thanks for the apology, its not an issue
Pretty words.
@numbersabcdefg It is because of your situation that you see this guy as an ignorant rich person. Would you like the speaker to say "well, you're just screwed, the world sucks, thank you"? I feel for you but understand you need to change, 700 apps and NO call backs? IMO It's a good thing that this is something to do with your end, but this video is about happiness, the subjective satisfaction in any situation, not about changing the actual situation itself.
@sparklymage How much weight he was putting into the government part of his speech is up for debate; I agree with you however. Government should not be trying to micromanage the economy, that includes trying to make people happy.
When you are free to succeed and be happy, you must also be free to take risk that might result in you losing it all.
That's something that can't be any other way. Someone has to take the fall for bad decisions, that should be the same person that risked it all to win
@coRnflEks This would be nice, however the majority of organizations are unable to think like this, nor act upon it. The positivist side of me wants to believe this can happen, but the realist in me quickly squashes that notion :(
Steve Job ?
@mcwhite001 agreed