\u201cThe researchers found that if any of the three extrinsic aspirations\u2014for money, fame, or beauty\u2014was very high for an individual relative to the three intrinsic aspirations, the individual was also more likely to display poorer mental health. For example, having an unusually strong aspiration for material success was associated with narcissism, anxiety, depression, and poorer social functioning as rated by a trained clinical psychologist\u2026<\/p>\n
In contrast, strong aspirations for any of the intrinsic goals\u2014meaningful relationships, personal growth, and community contributions\u2014were positively associated with well-being. People who strongly desired to contribute to their community, for example, had more vitality and higher self-esteem. When people organize their behavior in terms of intrinsic strivings (relative to extrinsic strivings) they seem more content\u2014they feel better about who they are and display more evidence of psychological health.\u201d
\n~ Edward L. Deci from Why We Do What We Do<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cThe researchers found that if any of the three extrinsic aspirations\u2014for money, fame, or beauty\u2014was very high for an individual relative to the three intrinsic aspirations, the individual was also more likely to display poorer mental health. For example, having an unusually strong aspiration for material success was associated with narcissism, anxiety, depression, and poorer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mindfulness","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n