Tal Ben-Shahar Quotes

• Attaining lasting happiness requires that we enjoy the journey on our way toward a destination we deem valuable. Happiness is not about making it to the peak of the mountain nor is it about climbing aimlessly around the mountain; happiness is the experience of climbing toward the peak.

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  Inspirational, Happiness, Being Happy

  Tal Ben-Shahar (2002). “The Question of Happiness: On Finding Meaning, Pleasure, and the Ultimate Currency”, p.15, iUniverse

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• Failure is an inescapable part of life and a critically important part of any successful life. We learn to walk by falling, to talk by babbling, to shoot a basket by missing, and to color the inside of a square by scribbling outside the box. Those who intensely fear failing end up falling short of their potential. We either learn to fail or we fail to learn.

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  Fall, Successful, Squares

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• Our behavior toward others is often a reflection of our treatment of ourselves.

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  Reflection, Behavior, Treatment

  Tal Ben-Shahar (2009). “The Pursuit of Perfect: How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Start Living a Richer, Happier Life”, p.16, McGraw Hill Professional

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• Happiness is the overall experience of pleasure and meaning

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  Pleasure

  Tal Ben-Shahar (2002). “The Question of Happiness: On Finding Meaning, Pleasure, and the Ultimate Currency”, p.18, iUniverse

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• Incremental change is better than ambitious failure. . . .Success feeds on itself.

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  Ambitious, Incremental Change, Success Failure

  Tal Ben-Shahar (2011). “Complete Guide to Being Happier (EBOOK BUNDLE)”, p.9, McGraw-Hill Professional

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• When you appreciate the good, the good appreciates.

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  Appreciate, Psychology, Positive Psychology

  Tal Ben-Shahar (2014). “Choose the Life You Want: The Mindful Way to Happiness”, p.154, Algonquin Books

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• Perfectionism and optimalism are not distinct ways of being, an either-or choice, but rather they coexist in each person. And while we can move from perfectionism toward optimalism, we never fully leave perfectionism behind and never fully reach optimalism ahead. The optimalism ideal is not a distant shore to be reached but a distant star that guides us and can never be reached. As Carl Rogers pointed out, ‘The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination

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  Stars, Good Life, Moving

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• We can only learn to deal with failure by actually experiencing failure, by living through it. The earlier we face difficulties and drawbacks, the better prepared we are to deal with the inevitable obstacles along our path.

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  Path, Faces, Obstacles

  Tal Ben-Shahar (2009). “The Pursuit of Perfect: How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Start Living a Richer, Happier Life”, p.22, McGraw Hill Professional

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• Learn to fail or fail to learn

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  Failing

  Tal Ben-Shahar (2014). “Choose the Life You Want: The Mindful Way to Happiness”, p.130, The Experiment

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• There are some people who always feel happy. They're called psychopaths

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  People, Psychopath, Feels

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