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In our last +1, we talked about Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and the fact that his word for “happiness” was VERY different than our word.   Eudaimonia, as we discussed, literally means “good soul” and implies a powerful sense of actualizing our potential—succeeding in expressing the best within ourselves.   Today we’re going to focus on HOW Aristotle teaches us to create THAT type of “happiness.”   Pop quiz: Can you guess?   …   Pop answer: In a word: Virtue.    In a Greek word: Areté.   Aristotle tells us that the ONLY way to have a “good soul” and experience the deepest sense of well-being and happiness is to, essentially, express the best version of yourself moment to moment to moment. To live with virtue.   Here’s how he puts it: “But what is happiness? If we consider what the function of man is, we find that happiness is a virtuous activity of the soul.”   “Virtuous activity of the soul.”   Wow. Isn’t that BEAUTIFUL.   “Virtuous activity of the soul.”   Just for a