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About Me — Bandoro Gunarso

Me and my pursuit of happiness — This is the heck I’m all about: A young lad who’s carried away, tremendously, by the science of happiness. It was ‘the yearning for a happy life’ that first brought me into this realm. But let me be clear, my writings aren’t supposed to tackle it as stereotypically. Motivation can…

About Me

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About Me — Bandoro Gunarso
About Me — Bandoro Gunarso
About Me

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The Biggest Problem With Happiness

And How You Can Fix It — Pursuing happiness for a lot of people is like chasing after the wind. The more you run after it, the more it also go away. Playing in the background are the invisible hands of Hedonic Treadmill— which explains our tendency to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness…

Happiness

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The Biggest Problem With Happiness
The Biggest Problem With Happiness
Happiness

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You Can’t Delete an Addiction

But you can replace it instead — Has it ever appeared to you that life is so blue that nothing can save you but a bottle of alcohol? Or have you experienced — amidst your abstinence — a mystifyingly seductive presence, whispering: “Take those cigarettes, come on, just this once!” Every now and then, we know how…

Addiction

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You Can’t Delete an Addiction
You Can’t Delete an Addiction
Addiction

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ILLUMINATION

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Why We Can’t Be Happy All The Time

And why that’s important — I once had a goal, I wanted to be happy all the time. The fact that science has no boundaries allowed me to think of that. So I dug, deeply. I delved into books written by the best experts, reflected my thoughts, observed emotions in me and those around me…

Happiness

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Why We Can’t Be Happy All The Time
Why We Can’t Be Happy All The Time
Happiness

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Jan 26, 2022

The Happiness Equation

How much do your genes, environment, and effort have to do with it — Life is hard, sometimes depressing. We know there’s hope. So we fought for it, day and night, chasing wealth, reputation, love — those we think would lead us happily ever after. No doubt it feels great to improve, to get paid out of our endeavor. But there we go, left…

Happiness

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The Happiness Equation
The Happiness Equation
Happiness

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Aug 16, 2021

How to Master Your Emotion

Utilizing the framework of Adlerian psychology — External events do not alone produce emotion, their interaction with your internal processes did. This internal process is called: mental framework. Your mental frameworks manage your interpretations, interpretations give rise to appropriate emotions. Events → mental framework → emotional response Psychologist, Carol Dweck, has made a great case for it…

Self Improvement

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How to Master Your Emotion
How to Master Your Emotion
Self Improvement

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ILLUMINATION

·Jul 14, 2021

When Chasing Happiness Becomes The New Source of Suffering

The remedy of inexhaustible desires — It ’s in the scope of no-one to teach you how to ‘feel’ happy. In fact, that has been written in the very fragment of your gene, the birthright that we all share. In the beginning, there was this little smile from the ‘newborn’ you — a smile that delights…

Happiness

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When Chasing Happiness Becomes The New Source of Suffering
When Chasing Happiness Becomes The New Source of Suffering
Happiness

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Jan 10, 2021

Open This ONLY When You’re Stressed as Hell and Need an Instant Cure

See I’ll give ya no bull And leave this when ya ain’t fit the title. Cause it won’t make any use otherwise. But if it is Then follow my instructions properly I know what ya feeling right now Ya mind is out of control Ain’t no solution fit, cause ya…

Stress

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Open This ONLY When You’re Stressed as Hell and Need an Instant Cure
Open This ONLY When You’re Stressed as Hell and Need an Instant Cure
Stress

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Jan 3, 2021

Boost Your Habits by Asking These 4 Simple Questions

Unveiling the “Magic Trick” that underlies long-lasting behavior — 2021 is on; resolutions are spreading all over the maps. The goal is clear: you want to kick-start a new habit. Anyway, it’s easy to fall off the streaks, so you don’t want “just to start “ — you want to persist. …

Habits

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Boost Your Habits by Asking These 4 Simple Questions
Boost Your Habits by Asking These 4 Simple Questions
Habits

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Dec 26, 2020

The Ugly Truth of Human Behavior

And how to be aware of it — I’m a lover when it comes to humanity. But a blind love is a foolish love, so it’s important to know that humans came with an ugly side: We are selfish by nature. Of course you never hear a political candidate saying, “Vote for me so I’ll have power over…

Psychology

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The Ugly Truth of Human Behavior
The Ugly Truth of Human Behavior
Psychology

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Bandoro Gunarso

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Medical Doctor | Data Scientist, from Indonesia. Human behaviour and Well-being enthusiast.

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