Achieving WOWness (TEDxESADE)
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Achieving WOWNESS Alex Barrera (@abarrera) April 2012 #wowness
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Talk we gave on achieving wowness or conscious happiness at TEDxESADE Barcelona.
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Achieving WOWNESS
Alex Barrera (@abarrera) April 2012 #wowness
Whatis
Happiness?
many positivefew negative
Every culture is different
Pain - RunPleasure - Repeat
Pain - Do it againPleasure - don’t repeat
Pre-experience &
Pre-feel
Pre-experience &
Pre-feelUnrepresentative memories(The good, the ugly, the yesterday)
Pre-experience &
Pre-feelUnrepresentative memories(The good, the ugly, the yesterday)
Memory sketches (lack inessential features, language)
Pre-experience &
Pre-feelUnrepresentative memories(The good, the ugly, the yesterday)
Memory sketches (lack inessential features, language)
Simulation abbreviation(focus on first moment)
Underestimateadaptation
CONTEXT MATTERS!!
“Isolation effect”Tversky (1972)
YESYOUR BRAINFUCKS WITH
YOU
“Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.”
Ayn Rand (Atlas Shrugged)
“The only constant thing in the universe is change”
Taoist proverb
Buddhist monk story...
Be humbleAsk for opinions
WOWness triangle
Emotional balance(Social relations)
Professional balance(Love what you do)
Physical balance(Release energy)
