Category: Happiness

Atrendia Friday Video 21 – Tony’s Philosophy – 3. Unlock What’s Stopping You

Love him or hate him (It’s not easy to be in the middle with Tony Robbins), this three-minute clip is one of the best of Tony Robbins’ video out-takes. He travels very quickly through some monumentally important themes, so it’s a good idea to spend another three minutes contemplating the pillars of self-understanding. Duration: 3:03…

Atrendia Friday Video 19 – Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work

Many thanks to our client, Mitch Sowards, from www.entrust.us.com (Managed IT Services in Texas), for providing this Friday’s fabulously entertaining video.  We believe that we should work to be happy, but could that be backwards? In this fast-moving and entertaining talk, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that actually happiness inspires productivity. Duration: 12:21 Find out more about our…

Atrendia Friday Video 15 – Chip Conley: Measuring what makes life worthwhile

When the dotcom bubble burst, hotelier Chip Conley went in search of a business model based on happiness. In an old friendship with an employee and in the wisdom of a Buddhist king, he learned that success comes from what you count. In this TED video, ChiChip Conley debates not the act of measuring but…

Atrendia Friday Video 5 – Barry Schwartz – TED video – The Paradox Of Choice

This TED video helps us understand why having more choice actually makes us feel worse.  As Barry points out, “The secret to happiness is low expectations”. Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz’s estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier…