Mindfulness of self, Sachs argues, would include a more accurate reading of what makes us truly happy. Global economic data shows that once a country reaches a modest level of income-enough to meet basic needs-there is zero connection between happiness and wealth. Intangibles like warm connections with people we love and meaningful activities make people far happier than say, shopping or work.
But we can be poor judges of what will make us feel good. Sachs argues that if we ue more mindful of how we use our money we will be less likely to fall prey to seductive ads for prod ucts that will not make us any happier. Mindfulness would lead us to more modest material desires and to spend more time and energy fulfilling our deeper, more satisfying needs for meaning and connection.
Mindfulness of others at the societal level, Sachs says, means paying attention to the suffering of the poor and to the social safety net, which is badly fraying in the United States and many other advanced economies. He argues that while now the poor are helped just enough to barely survive, that simply creates intergenerational poverty. What's needed is a one-generation boost in education and health for the poorest children so they can go through life with higher levels of skills and so not need the same kind of help their families did.
To that end I'd add programs, like mindfulness, that boost the brain's executive control. In Dunedin the kids who happened to improve their self-control over the course of childhood derived the same earnings and health benefits for life success as those who alwiys were adept in delaying gratification. But those impulse
control upgrades were due to happenstance, not achieved by plan. Wouldn't it make sense to _teach these skills to every child? _
Then there's awareness of systems at the global level, like the human impact on the planet. Solving systems-level problems takes systems focus. Mindfulness of the future means taking into ac count the long-term consequences of our own actions for our chil dren's generation and their children's, and beyond.
Mindfulness of self, Sachs argues, would include a more accurate reading of what makes us truly happy. Global economic data shows that once a country reaches a modest level of income-enough to meet basic needs-there is zero connection between happiness and wealth. Intangibles like warm connections with people we love and meaningful activities make people far happier than say, shopping or work.
But we can be poor judges of what will make us feel good. Sachs argues that if we ue more mindful of how we use our money we will be less likely to fall prey to seductive ads for prod ucts that will not make us any happier. Mindfulness would lead us to more modest material desires and to spend more time and energy fulfilling our deeper, more satisfying needs for meaning and connection.
Mindfulness of others at the societal level, Sachs says, means paying attention to the suffering of the poor and to the social safety net, which is badly fraying in the United States and many other advanced economies. He argues that while now the poor are helped just enough to barely survive, that simply creates intergenerational poverty. What's needed is a one-generation boost in education and health for the poorest children so they can go through life with higher levels of skills and so not need the same kind of help their families did.
To that end I'd add programs, like mindfulness, that boost the brain's executive control. In Dunedin the kids who happened to improve their self-control over the course of childhood derived the same earnings and health benefits for life success as those who alwiys were adept in delaying gratification. But those impulse
control upgrades were due to happenstance, not achieved by plan. Wouldn't it make sense to _teach these skills to every child? _
Then there's awareness of systems at the global level, like the human impact on the planet. Solving systems-level problems takes systems focus. Mindfulness of the future means taking into ac count the long-term consequences of our own actions for our chil dren's generation and their children's, and beyond.
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Mindfulness of self, Sachs argues, would include a more accurate reading of what makes us truly happy. Global economic data shows that once a country reaches a modest level of income-enough to meet basic needs-there is zero connection between happiness and wealth. Intangibles like warm connections with people we love and meaningful activities make people far happier than say, shopping or work.
But we can be poor judges of what will make us feel good. Sachs argues that if we ue more mindful of how we use our money we will be less likely to fall prey to seductive ads for prod ucts that will not make us any happier. Mindfulness would lead us to more modest material desires and to spend more time and energy fulfilling our deeper, more satisfying needs for meaning and connection.
Mindfulness of others at the societal level, Sachs says, means paying attention to the suffering of the poor and to the social safety net, which is badly fraying in the United States and many other advanced economies. He argues that while now the poor are helped just enough to barely survive, that simply creates intergenerational poverty. What's needed is a one-generation boost in education and health for the poorest children so they can go through life with higher levels of skills and so not need the same kind of help their families did.
To that end I'd add programs, like mindfulness, that boost the brain's executive control. In Dunedin the kids who happened to improve their self-control over the course of childhood derived the same earnings and health benefits for life success as those who alwiys were adept in delaying gratification. But those impulse
control upgrades were due to happenstance, not achieved by plan. Wouldn't it make sense to _teach these skills to every child? _
Then there's awareness of systems at the global level, like the human impact on the planet. Solving systems-level problems takes systems focus. Mindfulness of the future means taking into ac count the long-term consequences of our own actions for our chil dren's generation and their children's, and beyond.
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