Achievement Anxiety
Jeroen van Baar
Neuroscientist, Psychologist, Author
Timezone: Europe/Amsterdam
Available from 18:00 CET
About this speaker:
Jeroen van Baar, PhD was born into the Millennial generation in the Dutch town of Apeldoorn. He studied liberal arts & sciences at University College Utrecht and obtained his PhD in cognitive neuroscience at Radboud University, before leaving on a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Brown University. In 2014 he published the book "The Achievement Generation" about the performance pressure, achievement anxiety and surprising life dissatisfaction of his own generation.
Recording: No
45 min / 15 min
Dutch, English
Session rating:
4.3/5
( 4.3 / 5 )
About this leqture:
Our society is obsessed with achievement. For younger generations, competition and comparison pervade all aspects of life: from school and work to fitness and even our love life, thanks to Tinder and Instagram. But does achievement drive happiness? Decades of science suggest otherwise. In this light-hearted and thought-provoking session, psychologist and neuroscientist Jeroen van Baar reveals the secrets of the satisfied mind and asks the question on everybody's mind: would life be better if we just embraced mediocrity?
Over deze leqture:
Onze samenleving is geobsedeerd door prestatie. Voor jongere generaties overrompelen competitie en vergelijking allerlei aspecten van het leven: van school en werk tot fitness en zelfs ons liefdesleven, dit mede dankzij Tinder en Instagram. Maar leidt prestatie tot geluk? Decennia van wetenschap suggereren anders. In deze luchtige en tot nadenken stemmende sessie onthult psycholoog en neurowetenschapper Jeroen van Baar de geheimen van de tevreden geest en stelt iedereen de vraag: zou het leven beter zijn als we middelmatigheid gewoon omarmden?
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