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I made a list of the happiest periods in my life, and I realized that none of them involved money. I realized that building stuff and being creative and inventive made me happy. Connecting with a friend and talking through the entire night until the sun rose made me happy. Trick-or-treating in middle school with a group of my closest friends made me happy. Eating a baked potato after a swim meet made me happy. Pickles made me happy. (Although for that one, I’m still unclear why. I think it’s just because they are obviously delicious and I enjoy saying “pickles.”) I thought about how easily we are all brainwashed by our society and culture to stop thinking and just assume by default that more money equals more success and more happiness, when ultimately happiness is really just about enjoying life.
Delivering Happiness
Tony Hsieh
The Great Temptation: What if we haven't found aliens because civilizations create mesmerizing amusements (like simulations) before they learn interstellar travel? What if all advanced civilizations eventually lose themselves in virtual worlds, and we're next?
My Peoples, the Time Has...
@G_S_Bhogal on Twitter
Interestingly, one key element in changing SRI’s culture was that Carlson never talked about “changing the culture.” “People are generally proud of their culture,” he says. “So if you go into an organization and talk about changing the culture, it makes people wonder: ‘What is he talking about? What’s wrong with my culture?’ You don’t want people worrying about this. I never once used the word ‘culture’ at SRI in any of my discussions with the staff. What I talked about was what we needed to do. I had a couple of big themes. And I repeated those themes all the time. I never used the words, ‘culture change,’” he says.
The Age of Agile
Stephen DENNING
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