{"id":947,"date":"2014-10-23T11:55:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T06:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/?p=947"},"modified":"2014-10-23T17:47:45","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T12:17:45","slug":"notes-from-barcamp-bangalore-on-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atuljha.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/23\/notes-from-barcamp-bangalore-on-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes from barcamp, bangalore on happiness."},"content":{"rendered":"

For a change I spoke about happiness this time during Barcamp bangalore event. \u00a0I think we had 10-12 people out in cafeteria for this session. I am a big fan of James Altucher & Kamal Ravikant, they are very successful in life. I rate them as my happiness mentor.<\/p>\n

\"yo\"<\/p>\n

Since barcamp is a unconference i made no slide, I will just add entry of my notepad which has meat of the talk.<\/p>\n

\"1\"<\/p>\n

We were born naked<\/em><\/p>\n

One of the things which a dying person says, I wish i was more happy.<\/em><\/p>\n

So what is happiness?<\/p>\n

— Buying clothes\/jewellery during flipkart`s #bigbilloin sale.<\/p>\n

— Planning to spend evening at microbrewery drinking IPA<\/p>\n

— Or asking out hottest gal in your class for coffee\/dinner<\/p>\n

What if things don’t work out?<\/p>\n

— Flipkart server crashers, your money is sent back to your account.<\/p>\n

— The microbrewery says IPA is not on tap tonight.<\/p>\n

—The gal says, you are cute but i have other engagements.<\/p>\n

In all these 3 scenarios one thing is common, our need is dependent on actions which are not in our control. The end result is, we end up being un-happy. OOh we go tweet, shout at poor waiter or block the girl on whatsapp.<\/p>\n

Is it going to change anything? I don’t think so.<\/p>\n

James Altucher on Happiness<\/p>\n

Only thing that matters to you is your happiness.<\/p>\n