{"id":1970670,"date":"2023-07-12T11:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T15:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hurdles-to-happiness-prageru-masters-program-episode-7-now-available-on-dailywire\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T11:45:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T15:45:52","slug":"hurdles-to-happiness-prageru-masters-program-episode-7-now-available-on-dailywire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hurdles-to-happiness-prageru-masters-program-episode-7-now-available-on-dailywire\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Episode 7 of PragerU Master\u2019s Program on DailyWire+: \u2018Hurdles To Happiness\u2019."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhurdles-to-happiness-prageru-masters-program-episode-7-now-available-on-dailywire%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1970670&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Join Dennis Prager as he explores common obstacles to the pursuit of happiness<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prager, the founder of PragerU, has a long-running interest in the subject of happiness \u2014 in 1998 he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Happiness-Serious-Problem-Nature-Repair\/dp\/0060987359\/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=241639596133&#038;hvdev=c&#038;hvlocphy=9013191&#038;hvnetw=g&#038;hvqmt=e&#038;hvrand=12728985553921840812&#038;hvtargid=kwd-142068242&#038;hydadcr=22591_10356101&#038;keywords=happiness+is+a+serious+problem&#038;qid=1689173971&#038;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> \u2018Happiness Is a Serious Problem: A Human Nature Repair Manual\u2019, and he carries over many of the same insights into his lecture on the subject.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Firstly, Prager argues that happiness is not merely an arbitrary emotional state<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is something that must be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-first-two-weeks-of-december-border-patrol-agents-seize-enough-fentanyl-to-kill-more-than-23-million-people\/\" title=\"In First Two Weeks Of December, Border Patrol Agents Seize Enough Fentanyl To Kill More Than 23 Million People\">actively pursued<\/a>, the same way a person would pursue a career, an education, a relationship, or any other value in life. Happiness has prerequisites, and foremost amongst them is gratitude.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYou can\u2019t be happy if you\u2019re not grateful,\u201d Prager says. Being able to appreciate the things that you have instead of obsessing over the things that you don\u2019t is immensely important \u2014 if you don\u2019t appreciate the blessings you have in life, how are they supposed to make you happy?<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/coming-soon-episode-7-hurdles-to-happiness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WATCH: Episode 7: Hurdles to Happiness<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prager also points out that many of the loudest \u2018victims\u2019 in our culture are some of the most privileged people to walk the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hurdles-to-happiness-prageru-masters-program-episode-7-now-available-on-dailywire\/\" title=\"Watch Episode 7 of PragerU Master\u2019s Program on DailyWire+: \u2018Hurdles To Happiness\u2019.\">earth \u2014 full-time students<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-group-sues-yale-for-discrimination-revives-trump-era-case\/\" title=\"Student Group Sues Yale for Discrimination, Revives Trump-Era Case\">prestigious universities<\/a>, who enjoy all the luxuries of modern life and have been given years to pursue their chosen interests without needing to enter the workforce.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prager also argues that even for people who have suffered horrific abuses, a victimhood-centered mindset is still stultifying and unproductive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYou choose whether or not you see yourself as a victim,\u201d Prager says, noting that for most people throughout most of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-next-great-awakening-or-great-reset\/\" title=\"What\u2019s Next? Great Awakening or Great Reset?\">human history<\/a>, life was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-commissioner-adam-silver-talks-espn-turmoil-defends-rachel-nichols\/\" title=\"NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Talks ESPN Turmoil, Defends Rachel Nichols\">extraordinarily hard<\/a>. Even so, in the face of war and famine, and plague, many people have worked hard and cherished whatever fortune came their way, living happy and meaningful lives. \u201cYou are not necessarily objectively a victim, you have chosen to regard yourself as such.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prager says that people should temper their expectations, because if you <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">expect<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> something to happen you don\u2019t appreciate it when it <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">does<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2013 you become indignant when it <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">doesn\u2019t<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. For instance, the people who most appreciate the blessings of good health are those who have suffered from a serious illness: people who have been healthy all their lives and consider it a given. In virtually every home in America the lights turn on and our toilets flush at the mere press of a button; that is only true because of the hard work of countless scientists, engineers, electricians, plumbers, and an entire societies\u2019 infrastructure, yet most of us go years with without spending even a second appreciating those small miracles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI expect virtually nothing, so that everything I get I am grateful for,\u201d Prager said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prager also advised against comparing yourself to other people or getting too attached to certain visions of how the world should be. While being inspired to better yourself is a positive thing, life will rarely unfold exactly as you envisioned it, and people\u2019s lives are rarely as rosy as our superficial judgments of them may be. It\u2019s better to appreciate your successes rather than obsess over your failures or denigrate your accomplishments against those of other people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLooking around thinking how lucky you are, that\u2019s the mother of gratitude, and gratitude is the mother of happiness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI am not simply convinced that the ideas in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/coming-soon-episode-7-hurdles-to-happiness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this episode<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will change people\u2019s lives, I know they will,\u201d Prager says. \u201cI can tell you what works, you choose whether to use it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Dennis Prager as he delves into common hurdles to happiness. Prager, the PragerU founder, has a profound fascination with this topic. In 1998, he released &#8216;Happiness Is a Serious Problem: A Human Nature Repair Manual&#8217;, which still holds valuable insights today. Don&#8217;t miss out on his wisdom!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":276,"featured_media":1970671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1970670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/276"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1970670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1970671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1970670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1970670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1970670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}