How to Live a Good Life
What makes a good life good?
Barry Schwartz
Best-selling author and professor
About
For people who feel overwhelmed by the challenges and opportunities of life, bestselling author and life-long teacher Barry Schwartz has the answers. He outlines the nature and history of our social and economic problems, this course will offer deep insights that will give you a better perspective on your life, and help you make better choices.
How to Live a Good Life
13 Episodes
Trailer
3 min
1. What Is a Good Life?
10 min
2. Challenges to the Good Life
9 min
3. Individualism vs. Collectivism
13 min
4. Bad Ideas that Make Us Unhappy
10 min
5. Practical Wisdom, and Why We Need It
8 min
6. “Freedom” & the Paradox of Choice
12 min
7. Maximizers Vs. Satisficers
7 min
8. The Problems of Industrialization
17 min
9. How to Make Work More Meaningful
8 min
10. Practical Wisdom
13 min
11. How to Build Moral Skills
13 min
12. The Secret to Happiness
7 min
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