Arthur Brooks

Satisfaction that you can actually count on in life is not having more of the things that you want. It's wanting less. Haves divided by wants is a much better model that's both biblical and psychologically robust. And so the goal should be for all of us, increasing the numerator, having more with respect to our goals, moving on the run line, and wanting less.

Satisfaction that you can actually count on in life is not having more of the things that you want. It's wanting less. Haves divided by wants is a much better model that's both biblical and psychologically robust. And so the goal should be for all of us, increasing the numerator, having more with respect to our goals, moving on the run line, and wanting less.

Satisfaction that you can actually count on in life is not having more of the things that you want. It's wanting less. Haves divided by wants is a much better model that's both biblical and psychologically robust. And so the goal should be for all of us, increasing the numerator, having more with respect to our goals, moving on the run line, and wanting less.

Or learning to be... Okay, so... One thing less.

Or learning to be... Okay, so... One thing less.

Or learning to be... Okay, so... One thing less.

Which, by the way, is our psychological baseline. From the Pleistocene, we're evolved toward resentment. We're evolved toward anger and fear because literally there's more tissue in the brain devoted to negative affect in the limbic system of the brain as opposed to positive affect because it keeps you alive.

Which, by the way, is our psychological baseline. From the Pleistocene, we're evolved toward resentment. We're evolved toward anger and fear because literally there's more tissue in the brain devoted to negative affect in the limbic system of the brain as opposed to positive affect because it keeps you alive.

Which, by the way, is our psychological baseline. From the Pleistocene, we're evolved toward resentment. We're evolved toward anger and fear because literally there's more tissue in the brain devoted to negative affect in the limbic system of the brain as opposed to positive affect because it keeps you alive.

It's like Jordan Peterson exists today because Jordan Peterson's ancestors, starting the Pleistocene, were resentful. And the result of that is that you're evolved to say, First class in the United Airlines has really gone downhill. As opposed to, I'm getting there safe and fast. And I'm sitting in the front of the plane. I'm going to get off early and they're going to give me something to eat.

It's like Jordan Peterson exists today because Jordan Peterson's ancestors, starting the Pleistocene, were resentful. And the result of that is that you're evolved to say, First class in the United Airlines has really gone downhill. As opposed to, I'm getting there safe and fast. And I'm sitting in the front of the plane. I'm going to get off early and they're going to give me something to eat.

It's like Jordan Peterson exists today because Jordan Peterson's ancestors, starting the Pleistocene, were resentful. And the result of that is that you're evolved to say, First class in the United Airlines has really gone downhill. As opposed to, I'm getting there safe and fast. And I'm sitting in the front of the plane. I'm going to get off early and they're going to give me something to eat.

It's unbelievable. That's why gratitude is a divine thing. And it's a practice. It's standing up to your limbic system. It's managing your affective evolved state so it doesn't manage you. Right.

It's unbelievable. That's why gratitude is a divine thing. And it's a practice. It's standing up to your limbic system. It's managing your affective evolved state so it doesn't manage you. Right.

It's unbelievable. That's why gratitude is a divine thing. And it's a practice. It's standing up to your limbic system. It's managing your affective evolved state so it doesn't manage you. Right.

Yes, absolutely.

Yes, absolutely.

Yes, absolutely.

Yeah. when your wife was giving that talk on gratitude in the room next door at the same conference as Salt Lake City, my wife was giving a talk on forgiveness, which is also adapted, which is also standing up to the limit. Right, right, right. See, our wives, who are godly Catholic women, will be into them being married to us. Imagine this. Yeah, no, I don't like that.

Yeah. when your wife was giving that talk on gratitude in the room next door at the same conference as Salt Lake City, my wife was giving a talk on forgiveness, which is also adapted, which is also standing up to the limit. Right, right, right. See, our wives, who are godly Catholic women, will be into them being married to us. Imagine this. Yeah, no, I don't like that.