SH48: Practical Strategies to Become 'So Good They Can't Ignore You'

How do you show your values on a resume without just listing words?

Is it okay to change your long-term goals?

How do you find out exactly what to do to achieve your goals?

In this episode, the humans return to So Good They Can’t Ignore you by Cal Newport. Discussing how they’ve implemented the lessons they discussed in SH37: So Good They Can't Ignore You.

Standard Humans is hosted by Aidan Dennehy and Evan.

Shownotes:

So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport

SH37: So Good They Can't Ignore You

Professional Certificate in Computer Science for Web Programming by HarvardX (Web development program Aidan completed)

Aidan’s Portfolio

SH43: A Jarl of Toast (Spring 2021 Yearly Theme Check-In)

Cal

Why We Shouldn’t Trust the Opinion of the Majority – a short reading from Plato’s Crito

“Then, my friend, we must not regard what the many say of us; but what he, the one man who has understanding of just and unjust, will say, and what the truth will say. And therefore you begin in error when you advise that we should regard the opinion of the many about just and unjust, good and evil, honourable and dishonourable.“ - Plato, Crito, The Last Days of Socrates

Association of Registered Graphic Designers

2021 Creative Directions: The Career Conference

Sometimes, Negative Feedback Is Best

Tell Me What I Did Wrong: Experts Seek and Respond to Negative Feedback

Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott

Get a science degree. Save the planet. - Environmental Science at Waterloo

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

The 5am Club by Robin Sharma

Episode 46: Stuff that Really Makes Us Happy (Well-Being 4)

Should you talk to strangers on public transit?

Does meditation rewire your mind?

Is exercise more effective than anti-depressants?

In this episode, the humans continue The Science of Well-Being by Dr. Laurie Santos, an online course offered by Yale. The class reveals misconceptions about happiness, annoying features of the mind working against your well-being, and what research says you can do to change.

Standard Humans is hosted by Aidan Dennehy and Evan.

Shownotes:

The Science of Well-Being by Dr. Laurie Santos

Talking to strangers makes us happier

Sharing experiences with others makes us happier

You CAN buy happiness if you spend money on others rather than yourself

Spending money on others promotes happiness

The happiness that comes from spending money on others may be a universal human response

Video of Waterloo Naruto Run

Image of Waterloo Naruto Run

This paper tells us working out three times a week works just as well as Zoloft for depression recovery

Bad effects of going a week of sleep restricted to 4-5 hours per night

Study showing that meditation increases grey matter in the mind

SH33: The 5am Club

The 5am Club by Robin Sharma

It Takes 66 Days to Form a Habit Study

Who said 'if you are too busy meditate for two hours'?

Valuing time over money is associated with greater happiness.

Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most by Greg McKeown

SH44: Buying Happiness (Well-Being 3)

Can money buy you happiness? (Studies show that it can, if used right)

Why do people get so much pleasure out of being kind?

How does your happiness change over time?

How can you shape your environment to make you more happy?

In this episode, the humans continue The Science of Well-Being by Dr. Laurie Santos, an online course offered by Yale. The class reveals misconceptions about happiness, annoying features of the mind working against your well-being, and what research says you can do to help you change.

Standard Humans is hosted by Aidan Dennehy and Evan.

Shownotes:

The Science of Well-Being by Dr. Laurie Santos

Baseline Well-Being Tests:

• PERMA Profiler

• Authentic Happiness Inventory

• VIA Character Strengths Survey

Why Character Strengths are important

What the Research Says About Character Strengths

Food Sharing in Vampire Bats

The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

The Prisoner's Dilemma

Separating the Hawks from the Doves: Evidence from Continuous Time Laboratory Games

Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending by Elizabeth Dunn

Dunn et al. (2008). Spending money on others promotes happiness.

Wansink et al. (2006). The office candy dish: proximity’s influence on estimated and actual consumption.

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life & Business by Charles Duhigg

SH42: Why Our Expectations are So Bad (Well-Being 2)

Why is it that no matter how hard you try, you can’t seem to be happy? Are there neurological reasons? What can you do to overcome them? Should you fly first-class? These are just a few of the questions the humans are here to answer.

In this episode, the humans continue The Science of Well-Being by Dr. Laurie Santos, an online course offered by Yale. This week is all about the annoying features of the mind that prevent you from being happy and strategies you can use to overcome them.

Standard Humans is hosted by Aidan Dennehy and Evan.

Shownotes:

The Science of Well-Being by Dr. Laurie Santos

Headspace - Mediation App Aidan uses

Our strongest intuitions are often totally wrong

• Miswanting - the act of being mistaken about how much you will like something in the future

Reference Points

• If your co-workers make more money than you do, then you will be less satisfied with your job

• This book excerpt tells us reference points mess up good salaries - for every $1.00 increase in your actual income, your “required income” increases by $1.40

Hedonic Adaptation

• The Reticular Activating System explained

• This paper tells us that we adapt to earning more money

• This book states, “wonderful things are especially wonderful the first time they happen, but their wonderfulness wanes with repetition”

We don’t realize our minds get used to stuff

• This paper tells us we overestimate our emotions and getting bad grades won’t make us feel as bad as we think they will

• Immune Neglect - People are generally unaware of their the psychological immune system which is why they tend to overestimate their emotional reactions to negative events

Savouring - This paper tells us savouring positive experiences makes you happier

Gratitude - This paper tells us that gratitude, counting the good things in our lives, makes us happy

Commercials make TV more enjoyable

SH41: The Science of Well-Being (Part 1)

Happiness is hard. It seems like the more you try to be happy, the less happy you are. Luckily, science has figured out some tried and true methods to increase your well-being. And you can learn it all in an online course from Yale!

In this episode, the humans start The Science of Well-Being by Dr. Laurie Santos, an online course offered by Yale. The class reveals misconceptions about happiness, annoying features of the mind working against your well-being, and what research says you can do to help you change.

Standard Humans is hosted by Aidan Dennehy and Evan.

Shownotes:

The Science of Well-Being by Dr. Laurie Santos

Baseline Well-Being Tests:

• PERMA Profiler

• Authentic Happiness Inventory

• VIA Character Strengths Survey

Why Character Strengths are important

What the Research Says About Character Strengths

The Power of Character Strengths: Appreciate and Ignite Your Positive Personality by Ryan Niemiec

Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being by Martin Seligman

Academic Studies:

• Santos & Gendler (2014). Knowing is half the battle? Edge.

• The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want by Sonja Lyubomirsky

• This paper tells us why we don’t feel as bad as we think we will when turned down for a job

• This paper tells us why at a certain point, money can’t buy happiness

• This paper tells us those with materialist attitude and goals tend to have lower life satisfaction later in life

• This paper tells us we adapt to marriage after a few years and happiness returns to baseline

• This paper tells us weight loss may not make you feel any happier