Tal Ben-Shahar: The Art of Happiness & How to be Imperfect

<p>Tal Ben-Shahar is an Author and Harvard University Lecturer. &nbsp;He taught two of the largest classes in Harvard’s history, Positive Psychology and The Psychology of Leadership. &nbsp;Today, <a href="http://speakingmatters.org/tal_ben-shahar.html"><u>Tal consults and lectures</u></a> around the world to executives in multinational corporations, the general public, and at-risk populations.</p> <p>This episode is a learning experience on steroids!! With encyclopedic breadth we discuss the key to happiness, how to conquer perfectionism and, if you were to transcribe the episode, you would have a mic drop quote for every day of the year!</p> <p>We ask him about;</p> <ul> <li>What stops people pivoting in life?</li> <li>How to still be a high achiever, and understand when something is ‘good enough’</li> <li>How we should view failure<br> </li> </ul> <p>Quote gems:</p> <ul> <li>‘What’s most personal is most general’</li> <li>‘Failure and success are not seen as synonymous’</li> <li>‘The Arrival Fallacy’ - a game changer concept.</li> </ul> <p>Resources. Mentions:</p> <p>Alain De Botton - <a href="https://www.alaindebotton.com/"><u>https://www.alaindebotton.com/</u></a></p> <p>Carl Rogers - <a href="http://carlrrogers.org/"><u>http://carlrrogers.org/</u></a></p> <p>Karen Horenie - The Neurotic Personality of Our Time</p> <p>Richard Wiseman - <a href="https://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/"><u>https://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/</u></a></p> <p>Shirley Yuval-Yair - <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/1.5203440"><u>https://www.haaretz.com/1.5203440</u></a></p> <p>Vicktor Frankell - <a href="https://www.pursuit-of-happiness.org/history-of-happiness/viktor-frankl/"><u>https://www.pursuit-of-happiness.org/history-of-happiness/viktor-frankl/</u></a></p> <p>Nestor - ‘Breathe’ - <a href="https://www.mrjamesnestor.com/breath"><u>https://www.mrjamesnestor.com/breath</u></a></p> <p>Wim Hof - Iceman - <a href="https://www.wimhofmethod.com/"><u>https://www.wimhofmethod.com/</u></a></p> <p>Ben Zander - <a href="https://www.te