This class seeks to address a problem: the scarcity of time. The solution is (1) to identify the most important things in life and (2) to organize our lives so as to obtain them. As I wrote on the chalkboard on Sept. 11th, the course title is "The MITs: How to Know Them, How to Get Them."
Considering the second point first, we've pointed out that life is a big and complex project, but it is made up of individual decisions. To organize our lives, it is important to grasp (1) the power of volition and (2) the power of a "capture tool." (I.e., writing stuff down is the first step in gaining control of our responsibilities.)
Although many things can fall into the category of MITs, surely one of the most basic is "happiness." Practically every choice that we make proceeds at some level from the desire to be happy. Despite the claims of some preachers, there is no real difference between the words happy, glad, and joyful. The biblical idea of happiness, however, can be quite different from the world's idea. Happiness is a very major idea in the Bible. See here.
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