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Re:Top Performers Have a Superpower: Happiness by civilized on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @07:31AM (#30427096)
Meh... you're teaching depressed people to focus on changing things to improve their environment. Maybe some of them can't and the best thing for them to do is accept it, even if it is a substantial drain on their productivity and life quality. Indeed there are some therapeutic approaches that do exactly this (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy).

Obsessing over an intractable problem as if it can be improved can make the problem worse.

Re:Top Performers Have a Superpower: Happiness by baby on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @10:13AM (#30428904)
He’s actually talking about stoicism, which is to accept what you can’t change.
Re:Top Performers Have a Superpower: Happiness by layer8 on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @03:10PM (#30433011)
Depressed people tend to underestimate what they can change, which complicates the matter.
Re:Top Performers Have a Superpower: Happiness by baby on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @08:20PM (#30436339)
It’s not about a simple trick, it’s about a shift of mentality akin to finding a religion.