How to be unhappy | Dr. Matthew Whoolery | TEDxLSRCollege

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. When you are drowned in unhappiness most of the time, it can be a little tough to wake up to the shiny concept of joy. He is here to tell you how to be great at, what you’re already good at. Watch him talk about “How to be Unhappy”.
Dr. Matthew Whoolery is a Professor of Psychology at Brigham Young University. He simplifies psychological concepts to apply them to real life constructs, garnishing them with a little humor before bringing them to his audience.
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  • @Kumbaiah
    @Kumbaiah9 жыл бұрын

    Great presentation! Evidence Based. In addition, I will add three other most important skills to learn to be unhappy: 1. Always try to please other people no matter what. 2. Always compare yourself to other people. 3. Alaways seek permission from other peaople to do the things you need to do.

  • @wzlemma

    @wzlemma

    9 жыл бұрын

    Kumbaiah Murthy that's exactly what im doing in the ward!

  • @nellyeck1972

    @nellyeck1972

    5 жыл бұрын

    Kumbaiah Murthy. Staying in a relationship, you are not happy case you´re scary to hurt them

  • @karenfoster2394

    @karenfoster2394

    Жыл бұрын

    Excellent addition.😄😄

  • @LoveResidentEvil4
    @LoveResidentEvil48 жыл бұрын

    how to be happy: 1. LEARN TO LIVE IN THE PRESENT MOMENT 2. stand up and move 3. serve your community 4. spend less time on Facebook 5. think about others and not yourself

  • @LoveResidentEvil4

    @LoveResidentEvil4

    7 жыл бұрын

    s 😊

  • @irishprice5152

    @irishprice5152

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wish I could sincerely believe your comment to be true.

  • @Kate-qg6yi

    @Kate-qg6yi

    3 жыл бұрын

    think about others and yourself too

  • @LMKTinyForest
    @LMKTinyForest7 жыл бұрын

    "You did not come to this Planet for yourself" What a great message! Love it. Thank you so much.

  • @Pride666
    @Pride6667 жыл бұрын

    The reverse psychology is just perfect!

  • @robbie41090
    @robbie410909 жыл бұрын

    Such a refreshing perspective! I've had the opportunity to take 2 classes from this man and he's so great!

  • @hward264
    @hward2649 жыл бұрын

    Great talk. Here's a quote by Albert Einstein I thought went well with what your message: “A person starts to live when he can live outside of himself.”

  • @Primer595

    @Primer595

    4 жыл бұрын

    The fourth dimension is "other people" .Just like Star Trek" to Boldly go! and make real discoveries!

  • @ABC-vk5yh
    @ABC-vk5yh9 жыл бұрын

    So grateful that this gift of a human being shared his knowledge with us...such a beautiful human is he!

  • @Beterrabas
    @Beterrabas9 жыл бұрын

    Great advice, and refreshing perspective! Dr. Whoolery, you are the best!

  • @cesarllantoiii5417
    @cesarllantoiii54175 жыл бұрын

    This is the best TED Talk for me. Really unique way of delivery. And maybe because this matches my current situation.

  • @161BMW
    @161BMW2 жыл бұрын

    Genius.

  • @spectaterahul
    @spectaterahul2 жыл бұрын

    Dissolution of the self/identity

  • @telekidd8559
    @telekidd85593 жыл бұрын

    Very good speech. One of thé best

  • @joannmahrouzadeh5607
    @joannmahrouzadeh56079 жыл бұрын

    Made me laugh and I whole- heartedly agree with what you are saying. What a great way to get your message across Dr. Matthew Whoolery. Thank you!

  • @benjameme
    @benjameme9 жыл бұрын

    Impressive talk Dr. Whoolery. Interesting take on an important current challenge many people face today.

  • @1001zaki
    @1001zaki7 жыл бұрын

    great speech..i love all his speeches. amazing and very different but everything he says is true...

  • @greggunnard4630
    @greggunnard46302 жыл бұрын

    Honestly guys, I've tried his method and it really works ! I was very unhappy, thank you Doc.

  • @Earth098
    @Earth0987 жыл бұрын

    If you want to be really UNHAPPY, worry about what others might think of you.

  • @ThomasJDavis

    @ThomasJDavis

    5 жыл бұрын

    Right, which is ultimately thinking about yourself. You're not concerned with what they care about, you're concerned with what you care about, your own social approval.

  • @sleepsmartsmashstress740

    @sleepsmartsmashstress740

    3 жыл бұрын

    Or just keep thinking how UNHAPPY & MISERABLE you are and lose sleep over it

  • @tmt8268
    @tmt82682 жыл бұрын

    Everybody's different. What makes one happy is misery for another.

  • @phamvuminh8435
    @phamvuminh84353 жыл бұрын

    This talk deserve much more

  • @AdemirAlijagic
    @AdemirAlijagic3 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant talk! Thank you 😊

  • @haman7227
    @haman72272 жыл бұрын

    For some vulnerable kids or adults with self esteem or self confidence issues due to abuse or trauma needs to hear ‘Learning to love yourself is the greatest gift of all’ Of course, if you are a selfish person, you will take it the wrong way If you never been loved, it’s difficult to love yourself and if you don’t love yourself it’s more difficult to love others because you don’t know what true love is

  • @desilazarova3964
    @desilazarova39646 жыл бұрын

    I love it!! Thank you!

  • @tylercastle9262
    @tylercastle92627 жыл бұрын

    Great perspective. really enjoyed this one.

  • @joisea9509
    @joisea95096 жыл бұрын

    Excellent Talk!!!

  • @lolaapelt8616
    @lolaapelt86165 жыл бұрын

    SO GOOD!!!!!

  • @michalgadka4290
    @michalgadka42905 жыл бұрын

    great speech !

  • @elenaeisenhardt3280
    @elenaeisenhardt32807 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant! I really enjoyed this talk.

  • @ACIDICcitric
    @ACIDICcitric8 жыл бұрын

    Amazing talk

  • @magsmchugh8152
    @magsmchugh81527 жыл бұрын

    Love this

  • @RachelLovelace
    @RachelLovelace3 жыл бұрын

    So good!

  • @ranjanagupta555
    @ranjanagupta5556 жыл бұрын

    Great talk... indirectly he is asking us to be happy but telling that little upside down kind of.....

  • @danielfurr7356
    @danielfurr73569 жыл бұрын

    Phenomenal professor.

  • @blablablaj
    @blablablaj8 жыл бұрын

    that's why i love working in a nursery home

  • @shiyaskarim4683
    @shiyaskarim46833 жыл бұрын

    Amazing 🤩

  • @manjeetsinghnagi7650
    @manjeetsinghnagi76506 жыл бұрын

    Great job

  • @craftydafty1100
    @craftydafty11008 ай бұрын

    I enjoyed this, it made me smile and laugh. Usually when I watch things to improve myself, there is a brief flare of inspiration then poof it's gone and I feel down. What's great about this talk is it doesn't make me feel a failure, so instead of feeling guilty about thoughts and actions. It's more a light-hearted haha that's weird let's do something different.

  • @hmbach
    @hmbach6 жыл бұрын

    What a great speaker! Such an important topic made so enjoyable and interesting. I now have plenty of food for thought to get me through the day. Thanks Matt.

  • @LunaLu-00
    @LunaLu-007 жыл бұрын

    > all of the suffering in the world comes from a desire for one's own happiness

  • @161BMW
    @161BMW2 жыл бұрын

    He said Live in the present Exercise Spend less time on FB Think about others not yourself What wrong with thinking primarily about yourself as if you don’t no one else will do it as no one else cares ?

  • @DreamHeroGuitar
    @DreamHeroGuitar8 жыл бұрын

    Louder pleaseeeee!!!

  • @oliverpanek7
    @oliverpanek76 жыл бұрын

    Genius

  • @daultonbaird6314
    @daultonbaird63149 жыл бұрын

    This reminds me of the guy who explained why most of us would fail to have great careers . I nailed totally it . and I'm making great headway on this one to .

  • @NeluMbingu

    @NeluMbingu

    8 жыл бұрын

    Daulton Baird Oh yeah! That was an awesome talk too lol :)

  • @1BenDoverWilson

    @1BenDoverWilson

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Nelu Mbingu do you know what talk that is?

  • @NeluMbingu

    @NeluMbingu

    8 жыл бұрын

    Ben Wilson Search for "Why you will fail to have a great career" by Larry Smith. I think that's the one the OP was referring to.

  • @gravettian
    @gravettian5 жыл бұрын

    When do English people stop eating? >When the're full When do French people stop eating? >When the're saturated When do Americans stop eating? >When the tv- show ends

  • @Funandconsciousness
    @Funandconsciousness9 жыл бұрын

    Looks like there's no hope for me: I actually found myself laughing and smiling at how you brought home your points ... and I really enjoyed your little jabs at psychology and Christianity! Carry on, Matt! And be sure not to let anyone sit on your lap ever again!!!

  • @wgs8175

    @wgs8175

    9 жыл бұрын

    Funandconsciousness But so interesting that he omits to mention anything about Judaism

  • @elsagrace3893

    @elsagrace3893

    6 жыл бұрын

    Wend Stern ever heard of Judeo-Christian?

  • @zoegregson3738
    @zoegregson37387 жыл бұрын

    Hmmm... got me thinking

  • @outseeker
    @outseeker9 жыл бұрын

    lol he totally had issues keeping it in the right negative perspective :) thanks ted and matt

  • @RachelIdahogirl
    @RachelIdahogirl9 жыл бұрын

    Nice job Brother Whoolery you did great!! :-)

  • @jamesgrey13
    @jamesgrey138 жыл бұрын

    I do all of this on a daily basis, but I'm still not unhappy... Maybe, it's just my lack of expectations!

  • @willman9567
    @willman95676 жыл бұрын

    Guilty!! This made me laugh.

  • @nicolaasleach
    @nicolaasleach9 жыл бұрын

    Does he have books?

  • @vincass9392
    @vincass93929 жыл бұрын

    not loud enough!

  • @berendwesterhof7794

    @berendwesterhof7794

    9 жыл бұрын

  • @VarunPrasadoneplusone

    @VarunPrasadoneplusone

    8 жыл бұрын

    +vin cass no captions too :/

  • @MR-bq6xu

    @MR-bq6xu

    6 жыл бұрын

    !!!!!!!!!

  • @umarchowdhury7752
    @umarchowdhury77524 жыл бұрын

    "...If something strikes/afflicts you, don't say 'If (only I had done) such and such', but rather say 'It is the decree of Allah, and He does whatever he feels like..." The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam).

  • @tomdewilde1

    @tomdewilde1

    3 жыл бұрын

    that's probably the worst advice i ever read/heard

  • @cahbagus1132
    @cahbagus11324 жыл бұрын

    He sound like Seth Meyer. ...though..

  • @Barjozz
    @Barjozz7 жыл бұрын

    This is copy/paste of Paul Watzlawick's book the pursuit of unhappiness.... no credit given ?

  • @gravettian
    @gravettian5 жыл бұрын

    Yes also from my own experience: do a PhD!!!

  • @KhmerH20
    @KhmerH206 жыл бұрын

    why is this such a good talk??? what's the science behind this? brain malfunction.....

  • @rosepetalblooms

    @rosepetalblooms

    3 жыл бұрын

    Reverse psychology and humor

  • @amirnabilenough7802
    @amirnabilenough78023 жыл бұрын

    Motivation is too vast a subject area, isn’t it?

  • @999elyas999
    @999elyas9995 жыл бұрын

    Elias forum weryabout forskola nu the same time Bolton skarmdup think start tropical gardens. This is named addressee for later in life forms 18th century. The first

  • @ombra306
    @ombra3066 жыл бұрын

    Misleading title! Very unhappy

  • @daultonbaird6314
    @daultonbaird63149 жыл бұрын

    8:42 no porn ?

  • @isak098

    @isak098

    7 жыл бұрын

    "internet stuff"

  • @spornineteenninetynine4718
    @spornineteenninetynine47189 жыл бұрын

    This poor guy is sweating so hard throughout his talk, turn your heat lamps down ted, that shit is distracting for the viewer.

  • @divyanshichugh4741

    @divyanshichugh4741

    9 жыл бұрын

    Not every place gets enough funding so as to afford air-conditioner in the heat.

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