Roko Belic: Documentary Analysis

Happiness is something that everyone wants to achieve, so what makes people truly happy? In the documentary, by Roko Belic, it explores true happiness and compares and contrasts the level of happiness between various countries. In the video, it talks about how achieving true happiness can lead to the achievement of other goals such as financial success. In the video, a researcher states that there are two types of goals people value and strive for: intrinsic and extrinsic goals. Intrinsic goals are goals that are “inherently satisfying because they have to do with the intrinsic psychological needs that everyone wants [such as] personal growth, close connected relationships and desire to help. [And] extrinsic goals are goals that are focused externally from a person [such as] money: financial success, image: looking good, having the right appearance and status/popularity,” (Roko Belic, 2011). Although happiness is the most pursued thing, it varies from country to country, some countries strive for happiness from intrinsic …show more content…
Denmark and Okinawa are considered to be the happiest nations among the industrialized nations because they put emphasis on social equality, in Denmark, the government provides free education and healthcare. The people of Denmark live in single building complex with each other so they build that strong connection and relationships that help people succeed. And the people of Okinawa, which has the oldest people on earth work together as a community to prosper. However, countries like Japan and the USA are considered to be some of the least happy places because they put importance of materialistic things instead of building relationships with other people, they strive for self-interest goals. Happiness is a personal goal that people can achieve collectively because everyone wants to be happy, so people need to work together to build a culture that promote people to come together as