Comments on: The Pleasant Life, The Good Life, and The Meaningful Life http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-pleasant-life-the-good-life-and-the-meaningful-life/ "Stand on the Shoulders of Giants" ... Insight and Action for Work and Life. Wed, 22 May 2013 06:37:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: jack @ Jobs in Qatar , Qatar Jobs http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-pleasant-life-the-good-life-and-the-meaningful-life/comment-page-1/#comment-281288 jack @ Jobs in Qatar , Qatar Jobs Wed, 11 Jul 2012 06:46:48 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-pleasant-life-the-good-life-and-the-meaningful-life/#comment-281288 It is very interesting lesson for making cheerfulness life be away from all worries and spend happy life in this world. lol

]]> By: JD http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-pleasant-life-the-good-life-and-the-meaningful-life/comment-page-1/#comment-281019 JD Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:06:29 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-pleasant-life-the-good-life-and-the-meaningful-life/#comment-281019 @ Louisa — I like the fact that the three paths are intuitive and easily “stackable” ;)

]]> By: Louisa http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-pleasant-life-the-good-life-and-the-meaningful-life/comment-page-1/#comment-280671 Louisa Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:52:54 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-pleasant-life-the-good-life-and-the-meaningful-life/#comment-280671 That makes perfect sense to me. :-)

]]> By: JD http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-pleasant-life-the-good-life-and-the-meaningful-life/comment-page-1/#comment-279726 JD Mon, 09 Jul 2012 16:54:05 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-pleasant-life-the-good-life-and-the-meaningful-life/#comment-279726 @ Jimmy — I haven’t gone through Prager’s work, but I’ll check it out. I too am a fan of combining the destination and the journey. I’m learning more skills here, and I found the key really is knowing my values and finding creative ways to bake them into my daily life.

@ Evan — I think it’s about focus. For example, I value adventure, freedom, and growth. Just because I spend time in my values, and they have meaning to me, doesn’t mean they have meaning to something bigger than me. That said, I do have a meaningful purpose which is to improve the quality of life for as many people as I can, as long as I can.

So they are different, but not mutually exclusive.

My personal strategy is to combine all three paths, and integrate them in a way where I get some synergy. I wrote about how to do this in my You 2.0 guide (which I should update and elaobrate on at some point.)

@ Rob — I see you live your values and light up your life and others in the purstuit and realization of your cause. Way to be, and way to go ;)

]]> By: rob white http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-pleasant-life-the-good-life-and-the-meaningful-life/comment-page-1/#comment-279534 rob white Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:07:44 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-pleasant-life-the-good-life-and-the-meaningful-life/#comment-279534 Indeed JD, I have found being inspiringly addicted to a cause that makes a positive difference
in the world is the best way for me to feel my own ‘marvelously made nature’. When we pursue eudaemonistic endeavors we are invigoratingly compelled to set goals that make life meaningful.

]]> By: Evan http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-pleasant-life-the-good-life-and-the-meaningful-life/comment-page-1/#comment-278993 Evan Mon, 09 Jul 2012 01:20:41 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-pleasant-life-the-good-life-and-the-meaningful-life/#comment-278993 Hi JD, for me the distinction between the good and meaningful doesn’t make sense. Our values have meaning. Am I missing something?

]]> By: Jimmy May @aspiringgeek http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-pleasant-life-the-good-life-and-the-meaningful-life/comment-page-1/#comment-278964 Jimmy May @aspiringgeek Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:22:01 +0000 http://sourcesofinsight.com/the-pleasant-life-the-good-life-and-the-meaningful-life/#comment-278964 One of the greatest minds of our time, Dennis Prager, has waxed eloquently for years on “happiness” as contrasted with “fun”. He offers workshops & has a book:
Happiness Is a Serious Problem
http://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Is-Serious-Problem-Nature/dp/0060987359

I go for the gusto in life. I want to be happy *and* have fun. I may not be able to get it figured out, yet I’m going to have a ¡w00t! of a time trying to do so.

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