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How to let altruism be your guide by Matthieu Ricard What is altruism? Put simply, its the wish that other people may be happy. And, says Matthieu Ricard, a happiness researcher and a Buddhist monk, altruism is also a great lens for making decisions, both for the short and long term, in work and in life. So we humans have an extraordinary potential for goodness, but also an immense power to do harm. Any tool can be used to build or to destroy. That all depends on our motivation. Therefore, it is all the more important to foster an altruistic motivation rather than a selfish one... Link: ted/talks/matthieu_ricard_how_to_let_altruism_be_your_guide/transcript?language=en
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 23:14:39 +0000

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