The Philosophy of Happiness
Channel: 5 MIN INFO
Date: 11/03/2021

The Takeaway

To cultivate a genuine sense of satisfaction, we need to 

1. Begin enjoying the beauty of each and every moment. To be wholly mindful of life’s pleasures, as Plato and Socrates suggested. To enjoy our morning coffee rather than thinking about the day ahead or moments that have passed.

2. Cultivate genuine friendships, friendships with people that bring us up and inspire us to become better people.

3. Spend our time on work that we love. If we dislike our job, no matter what other things we do to increase our happiness, it’ll always bring us down. It’s vital that we spend our days producing work that we find fulfilling and enjoyable.

4. Learn to live with less. As Epicurus proved, happiness isn’t about money or status or any of those things. It is, quite simply, about spending time on things that we enjoy in the company of people that we love. That isn’t to say we should pursue mindless pleasure, but rather that we should learn that happiness isn’t dependent upon anything other than loving what we do and who we do it with.