1 This content is basically my notes from a Yale course on Coursera, *The
2 Science of Well-Being* by Dr. Lauri Santos.
4 ## Misconceptions about happiness
6 ### The G.I. Joe Fallacy
7 Happiness is a *practice*. Knowing about the science of happiness doesn't
8 make you happy. You have to put it into practice.
10 Simply knowing things doesn't mean that you will put them into practice.
11 We have to change habits.
13 Note: This is named after G.I. Joe's iconic phrase, "And knowing is half the
14 battle." The intent of implying that this is a fallacy is to say that
15 "knowing isn't enough". But I think it's somewhat humorous to call what
16 G.I. Joe said a fallacy, because it seems like G.I. Joe would agree that
17 knowing isn't enough--it's *half* of enough!
19 ## Why our expectations are so bad
21 ## What stuff really increases happiness
23 ## Strategies to reset our expectations
25 ## Putting these strategies into practice