# Plug into your hard-wired happiness

- Institution: TED
- Department: Arbejdsglaede Live
- Speaker: Srikumar Rao
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/srikumar_rao_plug_into_your_hard_wired_happiness)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

We all strive for happiness -- but we spend most of our lives learning to be unhappy, says Srikumar Rao. In this practical talk, he teaches how to break free of the "I'd be happy if ..." mental model, and embrace our hard-wired happiness.

## Lectures

1. [Plug into your hard-wired happiness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/srikumar_rao_plug_into_your_hard_wired_happiness/5a2b1aa6bd3e), 18 min (TED's player)