Daniel Kahneman
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And I haven't been followed.
You know, shortly after deciding that I didn't know what well-being was, I sort of stopped doing research on this.
So I haven't been following.
But I think...
There's clear evidence that being effectively happy, you know, is very good for you.
And you do live longer and you live better and so on.
And life satisfaction works in the same direction.
Whether it's separable, which of them, you know, is more important, that I don't.
Well, you know, I'm not sure I buy the premise.
I think changing behavior is extremely difficult.
There are a few tips and, you know, a few guidelines about how to do that.
But anybody who is very optimistic about changing behavior is just deluded.
It's hard to change other people's behavior.
It's very hard to change your own.
Not simple.
Among other things, you know, people, when, you know, married people try to change each other's behavior.
It's a lot of dissatisfaction.
They are not on their way to a good marriage, I think.
Yes, I mean, and even if you have expectation, don't try to change because, you know, it's very unlikely to work in a significant way.
Then that's the main, the main insight.