Snapshot · On Purpose with Jay Shetty
A risk is worth considering when the downside is survivable, the upside is meaningful, and the lesson would still be valuable even if the outcome doesn't work out.
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At 16:30 · chapter starts 12:48
Jay addresses one of the deepest fears underlying resistance to change: the belief that there is one perfect life waiting for each of us, and that every ending represents a catastrophic deviation from that path. He calls this out as a major source of paralysis — the feeling that changing careers means you've 'fallen behind', that an ended relationship means you've 'missed your chance'. He counters this not with optimism alone but with psychological research: studies on happiness, fulfilment, and life satisfaction reveal no evidence of a single destined life [1] — Jay Shetty "Psychologists studying happiness find no evidence of one perfect life waiting for each of us. Human beings are remarkably adaptable — we cr…" 13:20 . What the research does show is that human beings are remarkably adaptable — we create meaning wherever we invest ourselves. The life imagined at 20 could have been beautiful, he says, and the life you're building now can still be beautiful too. These possibilities do not compete. He then brings this back to identity with the insight that the version of you who wanted something years ago was completely sincere — but sincerity does not require permanence [2] — Jay Shetty "Many paths to a fulfilling life: Psychologists studying happiness find no evidence of one perfect life — humans are remarkably adaptable an…" 14:30 . You can honour who you were and still choose differently now.
Psychologists studying happiness find no evidence of one perfect life waiting for each of us. Human beings are remarkably adaptable — we create meaning wherever we go. There are many versions of your future capable of making you happy.
Psychologists studying happiness find no evidence of one perfect life — humans are remarkably adaptable and create meaning wherever they go.
Most people only calculate the cost of leaving. Almost nobody calculates the cost of staying. Staying may already be costing you confidence, creativity, health, peace, and time you'll never get back.
Research on regret shows people regret actions more intensely short-term, but over the long term they regret inactions more deeply because the mind returns to the life that might have been.
Short-term, people regret actions most because consequences are immediate. But long-term, people regret inactions far more deeply because the mind keeps returning to the life that might have been.
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