Life is Like Soccer
Dennis Roedlich
The Game
Soccer is about the game where everyone gets together and plans out how to play and hopefully win the game. This page is dedicated to the people and things that have helped me prepare for the game, and in my case the game is life.
Scott Galloways "Algebra of Happiness"
As I was watching Scott Galloways video (click "Scott Galloway's Video" link to view it) I learned many things that dealt with happiness. One of the things I learned was his formula for happiness which was; Work + Partner + Friends = Happiness. Now at the time I watched the video and I only really paid attention to it in order to finish my discussion for the night. However later I did an interview and my interviewee mentioned almost the same exact things as Scott Galloway. He told me things from his own past experiences what helped him to live a happy and fulfilling life, and it strangely sounded familiar to what Scott Galloway said in his video. Coincidence? I think not, as they both are around the same age and have lived a long life with many experiences which they used to help me figure out what I want my future to be like and the necessary steps needed to achieve that said future.
Interview With Mr. Dennis
Excellent Results
One of my assignments for this class was to do an interview with someone about their life. How they view their life now and if they believe they have lived, and continue to live, a happy life. My interviewee was my best friends moms boyfriend who shares the same first name as me, Dennis. I have known him ever since he started dating my best friends mom and I have to say he is one of the nicest, most interesting people I know. I knew he lived a rich life with so many different and unique experiences that I and to interview him and see where he thought he was and how he viewed his life. And boy was I not disappointed. He told me many stories and recounted many things that he did both when he was my age in college and after college. He gave me a lot of insightful details on how one can live a fulfilling, happy life. Even though he had some downs in his life, he continued on and never got discouraged, working hard to achieve what he now knows to be a happy life. I hope to use his insights and knowledge so that I too can life a rich, fulfilling and happy life like him.
Happiness Hypothesis by Johnathan Haidt
For this class we were required to read "The Happiness Hypothesis." In general, I love reading books however, most of them are books I read for pleasure such as fiction or a few history books here and there. I do not read a lot of non-fiction books or documentary type of books. However, every once in a while, for a class, I have to read one of these books. This was the case for this class, and I have to say this book is one of the best books that I have read yet. The reason being is that as I grow older I begin to think more and more about my future. What I want to be, what I want, where I want to be, what job I want to have. I struggle to answer most of theses questions, however after reading this book and partaking in this class, many of the questions have already begun to answer themselves as I gain a general idea of what the answers to these questions should be. In short, I have learned a lot from this book.