How to Indirectly Find Happiness Along the Road to Success
Great philosophers and pro golfers say the indirect approach is best.
How do you find happiness? That’s a tricky question with no easy answer. In our current age, one might be tempted to do research. Bring in a lab, do some studies, and crunch some numbers; these results will point us in a direction or give us a carefully planned goal to achieve.
I think data-driven goals are a double-edged sword of sorts. They give us a way to gauge performance and improve, but they also keep us concentrated on numbers. Many times we’re overly focused on this data. How can you not be? It follows us every place we go, and everything is so trackable now.
Marketing research firm Kentley Insights indicates $20 billion was spent on marketing research and public opinion polling in 2017. All that money on just getting numbers to track results. Now, this might be fine for a corporation trying to figure out what flavor cream to put on their cookie. But what about you personally?
Data may work for losing weight or running long distances. However, what about less calculable things? What about happiness? Can number-crunching point you in that direction or indicate a way to achieve personal fulfillment?
