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	<title>The Option Method &#187; Overview of the Option Method</title>
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	<description>as taught by Bruce Di Marsico</description>
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		<title>Introduction to the Option Method, pt I</title>
		<link>http://www.choosehappiness.net/2009/introduction-to-the-option-method-pt-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aryeh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this talk, Bruce Di Marsico introduces the Option Method.

He illustrates, via a story of a young woman going off to college, that whenever we are unhappy, we believe there is something to be unhappy about.  He describes a mother unhappy about the event, a sister happy about the event, and a stranger neither [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introduction to the Option Method, pt II</title>
		<link>http://www.choosehappiness.net/2009/introduction-to-the-option-method-pt-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choosehappiness.net/2009/introduction-to-the-option-method-pt-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aryeh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this talk, Bruce Di Marsico continues his introduction to the Option Method.

He discusses that, while unhappiness is often a successful motivator, happiness can always be a better motivator than unhappiness:  love of wealth instead of fear of poverty; desire for changes in society instead of hatred for society as it is.

He also discusses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Creation of the Option Method</title>
		<link>http://www.choosehappiness.net/2009/the-creation-of-the-option-method/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choosehappiness.net/2009/the-creation-of-the-option-method/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aryeh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“If you believed that at this time tomorrow you were going to be unhappy, what would you feel now?”&#8230;

Option Method &#8211; The Creation of the Option Method
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		<title>What is the Option Method/How Unhappiness happens/Why are people unhappy?</title>
		<link>http://www.choosehappiness.net/2009/what-is-the-option-methodhow-unhappiness-happenswhy-are-people-unhappy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choosehappiness.net/2009/what-is-the-option-methodhow-unhappiness-happenswhy-are-people-unhappy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aryeh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this lecture, Bruce Di Marsico introduces the Option Method.

The Option Method helps people who want to be happier examine why they believe they need to be unhappy.  It was not created to force anyone to be happy.  It discusses how unhappiness is founded on the judgment that “this is, indeed, a reason [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Truth (alternate version &#8211; handout)</title>
		<link>http://www.choosehappiness.net/2009/one-truth-alternate-version-handout/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choosehappiness.net/2009/one-truth-alternate-version-handout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aryeh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Overview of the Option Method]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A handout on the simple truth of happiness.

Option Method &#8211; handout on One Truth _alternate version_
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		<title>One Truth (handout)</title>
		<link>http://www.choosehappiness.net/2009/one-truth-handout/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choosehappiness.net/2009/one-truth-handout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aryeh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Handout on the simple truth of happiness.

Option Method &#8211; handout on One Truth
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		<title>Teachings of the Option Method (handout)</title>
		<link>http://www.choosehappiness.net/2009/teachings-of-the-option-method-handout/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choosehappiness.net/2009/teachings-of-the-option-method-handout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aryeh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Overview of the Option Method]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A series of instructions on the Option Method.

Option Method &#8211; handout on Teachings
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		<title>The Wisdom of Happiness (handout)</title>
		<link>http://www.choosehappiness.net/2009/the-wisdom-of-happiness-handout/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choosehappiness.net/2009/the-wisdom-of-happiness-handout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aryeh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Overview of the Option Method]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A collection of Option quotes.

Option Method &#8211; handout on The Wisdom of Happiness
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		<title>Understanding the Option Method (handout)</title>
		<link>http://www.choosehappiness.net/2009/understanding-the-option-method-handout/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choosehappiness.net/2009/understanding-the-option-method-handout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aryeh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Essays on the Nature of Happiness and Unhappiness.

Option Method &#8211; handout on Understanding the Option Method
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		<title>Happiness is not a Mood/Happiness and Primary Cultural Values (commentary)</title>
		<link>http://www.choosehappiness.net/2009/happiness-is-not-a-moodhappiness-and-primary-cultural-values-commentary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.choosehappiness.net/2009/happiness-is-not-a-moodhappiness-and-primary-cultural-values-commentary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aryeh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Overview of the Option Method]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.choosehappiness.net/wp-cms/?p=244</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In conventional society, many moods are described as happiness.  Happiness is not a mood.

Option Method &#8211; commentary on Happiness is not a mood
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