T is for Tales

There are countless tales or stories about how we ought to live our lives. From the earliest cave paintings depicting spirits to the fairy tales that offer moral messages to children, stories are universal reference points that guide our lives. We're expected to be ambitious, to find everlasting love, to take care of our health, and so on. In this episode, Paul focuses on how we can be alert to these stories, especially when they might get in the way of us being happier and more authentic versions of ourselves. Paul's ambition in creating GET HAPPIER goes well beyond simply offering a free copy and ending it there. He intends to foster a community of individuals who can make society happier using rigorous and relevant evidence with minimal effort. Subscribe to Paul's Substack, where he'll share resources and insights so that – as individuals and citizens, employees and employers, parents and policy-makers – we can all GET HAPPIER. Subscribe here: https://profpauldolan.substack.com/ The series is brought to you with the support of the LSE. 

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Welcome to GET HAPPIER. We would all like to be a bit happier, right? Join Paul Dolan, author of a couple best-selling books about happiness plus a Professor of Behavioural Science at the LSE in this 10 x 10 series where he seeks to explain what the science of happiness tells us about how to be happy. Each episode is 10 minutes and the series is entitled 'Get Happier' - each letter of those two words is the first letter of the title of each episode. GET HAPPIER is a not self-help series. It’s a guide through the evidence on the causes and consequences of happiness that will help you navigate your own way towards being happier. Remember, there is no one size fits all approach to being happier but there are some important lessons we can all learn about happiness. Pauls ambition in creating GET HAPPIER goes well beyond simply offering a free copy and ending it there. He intends to foster a community of individuals who can make society happier using rigorous and relevant evidence with minimal effort. Subscribe to Paul's Substack, where he'll share resources and insights so that – as individuals and citizens, employees and employers, parents and policy-makers – we can all GET HAPPIER. Subscribe here: The series is brought to you with the support of the LSE.