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# Measuring What Makes Life Worthwhile
- URL: https://toodlepip.co.uk/blog-2011-02-measuring-what-makes-life-worthwhile/
- Published: 2011-02-05T13:28:43.000Z
- Updated: 2011-02-05T15:02:47.000Z
- Author: Sam Michel
- Tags: Half-baked, chip conley, happiness, happy, ted, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-23 15:06

Watching [Chip Conley’s TEDtalk video](http://www.ted.com/talks/chip%5Fconley%5Fmeasuring%5Fwhat%5Fmakes%5Flife%5Fworthwhile.html?ref=toodlepip.co.uk), I was reminded of those stressful moments – and in the video, he talks about his company failing, which must rate as fairly tough time – and the difficulty in finding enough perspective to focus on the things that *really* matter.

There is more than a smattering of the cliché about this but if it’s good enough for the people of Bhutan to call a [national conference to measure their Gross Domestic Happiness](http://www.pc.gov.bt/?ref=toodlepip.co.uk), it’s good enough for Dave the PM, to [spend £2m trying to measure it](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11833241?ref=toodlepip.co.uk) When [Gallup released their index last year](http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/14/world-happiest-countries-lifestyle-realestate-gallup-table.html?ref=toodlepip.co.uk), the UK came in 17th place, Denmark led the pack, whilst Togo was the least happy nation.

Perhaps a [questionable multi-million pound bonus](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12131092?ref=toodlepip.co.uk) would help? Or am I missing the whole point?