Dr. Shige Oishi

So that's the sense of meaning. Whereas happiness could be very self-contained. You do what you like. And then even if you feel like that doesn't necessarily contribute to anyone else, you could feel happy. So that's, I would say, is the main difference between happiness and meaning in life.

Yeah, so the surprising thing is that when we talk about happiness and meaning in life, especially in terms of personal happiness or making somebody happy, then it looks like it's a two opposing force, the hedonic versus eudaimonic.

Yeah, so the surprising thing is that when we talk about happiness and meaning in life, especially in terms of personal happiness or making somebody happy, then it looks like it's a two opposing force, the hedonic versus eudaimonic.

Yeah, so the surprising thing is that when we talk about happiness and meaning in life, especially in terms of personal happiness or making somebody happy, then it looks like it's a two opposing force, the hedonic versus eudaimonic.

But empirically speaking, when you ask people how satisfied they are with their lives and how meaningful they think their life are, these two things often correlate very highly.

But empirically speaking, when you ask people how satisfied they are with their lives and how meaningful they think their life are, these two things often correlate very highly.

But empirically speaking, when you ask people how satisfied they are with their lives and how meaningful they think their life are, these two things often correlate very highly.

Daisuke Minakata, And many of the chorus or predictors of happiness and meaning in life are pretty similar so that's what was surprising to me that many of the stable factors stable social relationship is really just a big predictor of both. Daisuke Minakata, Happiness and the meaning in life and.

Daisuke Minakata, And many of the chorus or predictors of happiness and meaning in life are pretty similar so that's what was surprising to me that many of the stable factors stable social relationship is really just a big predictor of both. Daisuke Minakata, Happiness and the meaning in life and.

Daisuke Minakata, And many of the chorus or predictors of happiness and meaning in life are pretty similar so that's what was surprising to me that many of the stable factors stable social relationship is really just a big predictor of both. Daisuke Minakata, Happiness and the meaning in life and.

My own, well, another finding that is a little bit counterintuitive is that if you ask political orientations of the people, some are more politically conservative, some are more political liberals. In general, at least in the United States, politically conservative people say they are happier and also find their lives to be meaningful compared to politically liberal people.

My own, well, another finding that is a little bit counterintuitive is that if you ask political orientations of the people, some are more politically conservative, some are more political liberals. In general, at least in the United States, politically conservative people say they are happier and also find their lives to be meaningful compared to politically liberal people.

My own, well, another finding that is a little bit counterintuitive is that if you ask political orientations of the people, some are more politically conservative, some are more political liberals. In general, at least in the United States, politically conservative people say they are happier and also find their lives to be meaningful compared to politically liberal people.

So then there's a question, is there any path to good life through holding sort of political liberal view? So that's one of the places where I started to think about maybe there is a third way to a good life. You don't have to hold on to conservative values or stable factors, but maybe exploring something new could be a way to a good life.

So then there's a question, is there any path to good life through holding sort of political liberal view? So that's one of the places where I started to think about maybe there is a third way to a good life. You don't have to hold on to conservative values or stable factors, but maybe exploring something new could be a way to a good life.

So then there's a question, is there any path to good life through holding sort of political liberal view? So that's one of the places where I started to think about maybe there is a third way to a good life. You don't have to hold on to conservative values or stable factors, but maybe exploring something new could be a way to a good life.

I think the self-determination theory is fundamentally motivational theories that how important it is for us to have this intrinsic motivations to pursue what we love. And those people who do things for intrinsic reasons and self-determination reasons, they do show that their life is more meaningful. They think that their life is more satisfying and so forth.

I think the self-determination theory is fundamentally motivational theories that how important it is for us to have this intrinsic motivations to pursue what we love. And those people who do things for intrinsic reasons and self-determination reasons, they do show that their life is more meaningful. They think that their life is more satisfying and so forth.

I think the self-determination theory is fundamentally motivational theories that how important it is for us to have this intrinsic motivations to pursue what we love. And those people who do things for intrinsic reasons and self-determination reasons, they do show that their life is more meaningful. They think that their life is more satisfying and so forth.

So I think the self-determination theory is very similar, also just like Carol Riff's psychological well-being theories that capture both hedonic but also very much eudaemonic aspect of well-being. idea of psychological richness is not necessarily the motivation, focus on the motivation per se. You're doing this for the intrinsic reason versus extrinsic reasons.