Are your expectations making you unhappy? #shorts #tedx

we're wealthier than ever but unhappier than ever we're more prosperous but more depressed we're less satisfied and so the obvious question is why is it that we're unhappy what's the explanation at a very basic simple level we're unhappy when our expectations of reality exceed our experiences of reality we tend to tell children that they're special that they're unique that they're one of a kind that they're amazing we tell them that they can be prime minister or president that they can be the next Mark Zuckerberg we tell them that they'll be Beyonce one day what this means is that we raise their expectations and so when that child gets a normal job when they start a business and it fails like most do when they're singing career peaks with a rendition of single ladies in the shower they're disappointed they're unhappy their expectations haven't been satisfied

Channel: TEDx Talks

Views: 86,830

Keywords: TEDx, happiness, economics, TED, shorts

Id: dWQZFCCPu_s

Length: 0min 55sec (55 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 26 2023