http://www.senia.com/2006/12/04/will-smith-on-aristotle/ Happiness, Positive Psychology, Coaching, Entrepreneurship, Stories, and the Brain Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:50:00 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.senia.com/2006/12/04/will-smith-on-aristotle/comment-page-1/#comment-3550 Senia.com — Positive Psychology Blog » White Lies are Bad for the Soul Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:55:38 +0000 http://www.senia.com/?p=230#comment-3550 [...] We talked earlier about how being good can be hard. And yet…. And yet…. At the same time as potentially being hard, being good can feel so right. As Will Smith says, “Think of yourself as two people, and one of them is inside of you, and he’s a scorekeeper. And he keeps score of your idea of the world. … And when you have a conflict with your scorekeeper, that’s unhappiness. Happiness is being completely in sync with your own perception of goodness.” [...] [...] We talked earlier about how being good can be hard. And yet…. And yet…. At the same time as potentially being hard, being good can feel so right. As Will Smith says, “Think of yourself as two people, and one of them is inside of you, and he’s a scorekeeper. And he keeps score of your idea of the world. … And when you have a conflict with your scorekeeper, that’s unhappiness. Happiness is being completely in sync with your own perception of goodness.” [...]

]]> http://www.senia.com/2006/12/04/will-smith-on-aristotle/comment-page-1/#comment-2544 Dave Sun, 10 Dec 2006 05:58:57 +0000 http://www.senia.com/?p=230#comment-2544 I saw the trailer today for The Pursuit of Happyness, and it looked really good! I was surprised at the weight with which Smith conveyed those scenes they showed in the trailer...it's like a whole different side of him. Looking forward to it! I saw the trailer today for The Pursuit of Happyness, and it looked really good! I was surprised at the weight with which Smith conveyed those scenes they showed in the trailer…it’s like a whole different side of him. Looking forward to it!

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