Part 4 — All the stuff blocking your happiness

<- Link to previous chapter We made it to the last tool. The finale. Remember these are organized from most simple to most complex, so things are gonna get weird with this one. This is where we take all important lessons learned from this book and remove them from every…

<- Link to previous chapter You’re driving down a desert road trying to reach a big city. The barren landscape allows you to see miles ahead. Slowly the city starts to come into view, you’re getting closer. You suddenly come across an intersection where the road forks. Straight or right…

<- Link to previous chapter We just discovered the fundamental mechanism used to reach states of true happiness, but how exactly do we go about making these decisions? Understanding their importance is one thing, understanding how to use them for reaching our most important goal is the next discussion. Whether…

<- Link to previous chapter Think about the last restaurant you ate at. That exact moment was the result of countless decisions, more than you may realize. The city you live in is one big decision (which of course is the result of many other small ones). Because you live…

<- Link to previous chapter It’s important for you to know I’m just a regular-ass person. I was born in Central Texas, grew up in a small, middle-class family, studied software engineering, and now I work at a tech company. I’ve been dating an amazing girl for 7 years. …

<- Link to previous chapter The rest of this book will seek to answer a few questions. How do we ourselves achieve true happiness amidst this mess? How can we then achieve true happiness for our country as a whole? Remember that these are our most important goals at the…

<- Link to previous chapter We are each very much molded by our surrounding environment. By the time we become adults our values have been heavily influenced by family and community. Whether you were raised in an urban or rural setting will affect your values. Whether your parents were religious…

<- Link to previous chapter There are endless ways to point fingers for these problems. You may want to blame the other political party, or the rich, or the poor, or immigrants, or yourself, or “people just suck and I never asked to be born”. Think about how massive the…