The Happy Film Page #2

So I did quite a bit of work.

Kept... Tried to keep myself

Very, very busy.

- Yeah, huge fan

of your guys's work,

I follow you all the time.

- we used to

design a lot of cd covers.

I wanted to

combine my two loves,

Design and music.

Then it turned out that

designing the 28th cover

Wasn't as much fun

as designing the 1st.

- Look at this cd, look

at how cool that thing is.

How slick is that?

Very, very cool.

- and then I

was just trying to see

If I could apply this language

That I know how to speak,

Graphic design,

To something that was

Actually much more personal.

And I found

this little list in my diary

Of things I've learned

In my life so far.

So I chose some of them.

Designed them as well

as I absolutely could.

So, there is trying to look good

Limits my life.

Everything I do

Always comes back

To me.

Keeping a diary

Supports

Personal

Development.

Even though

my initial feeling was

That it's fairly self-indulgent,

The reaction of the

audience was fantastic.

It became this thing that's

still very graphic design,

But a much more

personal expression.

Look, somebody

is in a good mood.

- I'm so excited.

- Excellent.

The reason I wanted

to work with jonathan

Is because he deals

with the whole life,

Not just some small,

specialist stuff.

And at the same time,

he's a true scientist.

Everything he says

is backed up by proper

Authoritative research.

- The view that

I came to in writing the

Happiness hypothesis I

didn't have this view

When I started writing,

but by the end of the book,

I came to the conclusion

that happiness doesn't come

From getting what you want.

Well that, everybody knows.

It doesn't come from within.

I mean, that's

what the buddhists

And the stoics

have always told us.

From within, so, you

know, change yourself,

Find happiness within.

There's some truth to that,

But I think

the more correct way

To think about human happiness

Is that happiness comes

from getting the right

Kind of relationships.

Between yourself and others,

And yourself and something

larger than yourself.

Try to almost see yourself

As though you were,

You know, a child or an animal

That you were trying

to change or shape.

And what experiences

Can you give it

that would end up just

Making it automatically

and habitually act

In a different way.

- To make your mind

become strong,

You need exercise.

The exercise of the mind, this

Is what we call meditation.

- the schedule

says wake up at 4:30

And then a full program

All the way 'til 9:15 pm.

Meditation, break,

meditation, break.

Break, meditation, meditation

With strong determination,

Meaning you're not

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