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The Biggest Question

The Biggest Question

Every psychology field is in quest of finding the answer to the biggest question- "What to do in this human life to achieve a good life"

  • The Humans, just like other animals , wants to "survive". As they say - "Survival of the fittest"
  • But in this modern time, survival is not just limited to "Physical protection" but has developed a broad sense in the form of "Mental" & "Emotional" protection.

Now going back to our question, what is essential to SURVIVE (=Mentally+Emotionally+Physically)

Or what to do to achieve a GOOD life

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What Does It Mean To "GOOD" Life

What Does It Mean To "GOOD" Life

Human life is like a rollercoaster ride, having ups and downs .

  • But the thing that separates us from animals, is the "Consciousness" -The power of taking "better" decisions based on previous outcomes of our actions & experiences from surroundings .
  • Humans sometimes take such decisions that lead to REGRET , these are the decisions that got stuck in our subconscious memory & haunts for life.
  • So the GOOD life we are talking about is, in which -

"We have more PROUD on our DECISIONS than REGRET"

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How To Make Our Decisions "Good"

How To Make Our Decisions "Good"

Based on various studies , our decisions are mostly influenced by our surroundings.

Surroundings includes-

  • Type of people
  • Some materialistic things (having emotional connect)

Let's discuss them one by one

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1) People

1) People

There are two types of people in every human life -

  • Permanent
  • Temporary

Permament - It includes Parents , Brother, Sister i.e people that will never leave you in life, these are the connections that are bound with you since when you are born.

Temporary - They exists for "short period of time" in your life, but sometimes make big impact on your decisions ,this impact can be positive or negative towards a certain situation related decision based on experience you got from those people .

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Materialistic Things

Materialistic Things

Some things make shisfts in our decisions due to the connection of them with some "Emotions" or sometimes "People" . Things let us remember that MEMORY related to past experience or learning

AND

Contribute much more to our future DECISIONS

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When you took the RIGHT DECISION based on past experiences ,or a decision with most probability of success ,

Then

Things start to assemble themselves according to our plan,

&

Even if they don't ,they may bend us to a different perspective of the reality & we can learn from those decisions.

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-DS

Afterall, "DECISIONS ARE LEARNING

-DS

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CURATED BY

davidsingh

A normal human being, observing things ,finding insights psychologically and sharing experiences.

CURATOR'S NOTE

"Decision" are the root cause of actions we took in our life, so ,taking "Good" decisions is important . But How our decisions get influenced that may lead to a "good" or "bad" decision is what we tried to find

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