Answer the questions below.

• How important is the pursuit of happiness for you?
• What can tough times teach us? Is there any advantage in going through hardships?
• How can we become more resilient to painful emotions and events?

• ⌚ 0:09 What two kinds of people do not experience emotions?
• ⌚ 0:19 What false expectation do many people have in relation to happiness?
• ⌚ 0:26 What do we need to learn to do with painful emotions?
• ⌚ 1:12 What is Resilience 1.0 system about?
• ⌚ 1:23 How is Resilience 2.0 different from 1.0?

• ⌚ 1:42 What example from our bodies illustrate the antifragile system?
• ⌚ 2:02 What is PTG and how is it different from PTSD?
• ⌚ 2:15 What is the goal of happiness studies?
• ⌚ 3:00 What paradox exists in the context of pursuing happiness?
• ⌚ 3:09 How can we resolve this paradox?
• ⌚ 3:50 How is it similar to looking at the sun?

• ⌚ 4:17 What does SPIRE stand for?
• ⌚ 4:32 What is spirituality about?
• ⌚ 4:42 What is one the most important component of the physical element of the rainbow?
• ⌚ 4:58 What is the main problem related to stress?
• ⌚ 5:27 How can we draw happiness from intellectual side of life?

• ⌚ 5:41 What is the number one predictor of well-being?
• ⌚ 5:54 How important is the quality of our relationships?
• ⌚ 6:01 What two kinds of emotions do we need to learn to embrace?
• ⌚ 6:13 What did Cicero think about gratitude?
• ⌚ 6:19 What is the benefit of showing more appreciation?
• ⌚ 6:26 In what sense is happiness more than just pleasure?

• What do you think of the idea of Antifragility / Resilience 2.0?
• Would you add any more elements to the SPIRE Model? What would they be?
• Why do you think people who pursue happiness directly are often unhappy?
• Which element of the SPIRE Model brings most happiness to you?
• Tal Ben-Shahar says that ‘happiness resides on a continuum’, that it is a journey. Do you agree with it?
• At the end he says: “I do not think that things necessarily happen for the best. However, we can learn to make the best of things that happen”. What does it mean for you? 

What do you think of the idea of antifragility? Does it make sense to you? What would your rainbow colours refer to? 

Share your views and experience here.