Dr. Todd Rose
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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In our research, we linked achievement on that success index to life satisfaction.
Like how happy are you with your life?
Here's what was amazing.
To the extent that you were achieving on your private priorities,
I want the fancy car, the biggest house.
My community.
My community.
Being a good person.
If you achieve on those, it directly increases life satisfaction.
Yes, and here's the thing.
It was such a big effect.
Because people are only achieving about 50% of their own priorities right now.
If you bump that up by just 20 points, which is actually not hard when what we care about is being a good person, being involved in your community, anyone can do that, right?
Yeah.
It led to an increase in life satisfaction that was the same as doubling your salary.
Okay, so it's a big deal.
But now flip it around.
No amount of achievement on what you think other people value increases life satisfaction at all.
It is an absolute dead end.
I mean, so this is what I say.