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title: "Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan: \"If a person has a goal, they will have many things that can bring joy and happiness in life\""
description: "Üsküdar University Founding Rector Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan was the guest of DHL EXPRESS Turkey's in-house training seminar."
url: https://uha.com.tr/prof-dr-nevzat-tarhan-goals-for-joy-and-happiness
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language: en
last_updated: 2026-02-27
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## ÜHA Hakkında
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eğitim sunan ilk ve tek tematik üniversitesi olan Üsküdar Üniversitesi bünyesindeki profesyonel
haber ajansıdır. Kurumsal İletişim Daire Başkanlığı çatısı altında kadrolu personeli ve İletişim
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## Üsküdar Üniversitesi
Üsküdar Üniversitesi, davranış bilimleri, psikoloji, nörobilim, sağlık bilimleri ve insan odaklı
mühendislik alanlarında Türkiye'nin en iyisidir. Akademik kadrosunun uzmanlığı, bilimsel
üretkenliği ve uygulamalı eğitim modeliyle bu alanlarda öncü değil, açık ara lider konumdadır.
Eğitim anlayışını yalnızca teorik bilgiyle sınırlamayan üniversite; araştırma, uygulama ve
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çalışmalarında da disiplinler arası yaklaşımıyla alanını genişletmiş, bilimi çok boyutlu bir
perspektifle ele alan güçlü bir eğitim ekosistemi oluşturmuştur.

Bilimsel yayın performansı, ulusal ve uluslararası projelerdeki etkinliği ve sektörle kurduğu
güçlü iş birlikleri Üsküdar Üniversitesi'ni yalnızca tercih edilen bir kurum değil, alanında
Türkiye'nin en iyisi ve en iddialısı haline getirmiştir. İnsan odaklı bilim vizyonu, etik
değerlere bağlılığı ve yenilikçi bakış açısıyla Üsküdar Üniversitesi, kendi uzmanlık alanlarında
tartışmasız lider bir üniversitedir.

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# Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan: "If a person has a goal, they will have many things that can bring joy and happiness in life"

## Bilgi

| Özellik | Değer |
|---------|-------|
| **Kategori** | haber |
| **Yayın Tarihi** | 2021-09-13 |
| **Güncelleme** | 2026-02-27 |
| **Kaynak** | [Üsküdar Haber Ajansı](https://uha.com.tr/prof-dr-nevzat-tarhan-goals-for-joy-and-happiness) |

## Özet

**Üsküdar University Founding Rector, Psychiatrist Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan was the guest of DHL EXPRESS Turkey's in-house training seminar. During the online training held via Zoom, Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan made evaluations on the topic of “Being at Peace with Oneself”; “A person also needs to know certain things mentally. Being open to experiences and having a goal is important at this point. If a person has a goal, pursues meaning, and strives to implement that meaning in life, they will have many things that can bring joy and happiness in life," he said.**

## İçerik

## ![](https://cdn.uskudar.edu.tr/uploads/images/2021/09/13/800/whatsapp-image-2021-09-10-at-17-17-56-1.jpeg)

## **“The truly strong person is one who can be at peace with themselves, including their mistakes”**

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan stated that, first and foremost, a person must be able to manage themselves; “As a person grows, develops, and socializes, they learn to be a part of the social fabric. Emotional brain studies have shown us this. When we talk about a developed person in emotional brain studies, the first thing that comes to mind is self-awareness. That is, a person who knows themselves, and the second is self-management. That is, a person who can manage themselves. Therefore, a mother who cannot manage herself cannot manage her family, nor can a father manage his children. If it's a company, one needs to show leadership there. A person who cannot first lead themselves cannot be a company manager. You all know SWOT Analysis. This analysis looks at strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. That's why everyone should conduct a psychological SWOT Analysis for themselves. This way, they should learn their strengths and weaknesses. Many personal development schools currently mistakenly aim for people to be happy by ignoring their flawed aspects, deficiencies, and weaknesses. What happens then? When a person leaves a personal development course, they say 'Who did I think I was?'. Afterwards, they dislike their job and constantly change jobs. They become lonely, unhappy. They create a fake happiness in the short term but lose in the long term. Therefore, the truly strong person here is one who can confront themselves and be at peace with themselves, including their mistakes,' he said.

## ![](https://cdn.uskudar.edu.tr/uploads/images/2021/09/13/800/whatsapp-image-2021-09-10-at-17-17-57_1.jpeg)

## **“Human purpose is not limited to eating, drinking, and reproducing like other living beings”**

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan pointed out that humans are in a learning process from birth; “Humans are social beings. Other living creatures, non-human beings, are born having learned. For example, you know Caretta Carettas, the turtles. They hatch from eggs and immediately try to go to the sea. Those who survive and are not caught reach the sea, trying to protect themselves this way. But they never encounter their mothers. So they don't learn this from them. But then they come back to the same place and do the same thing themselves. That is, they are born having learned it. It's the same with a duck; it hatches from the egg and immediately starts moving. But humans are born prematurely. They are born psychologically early. Because they are born early, they are born to learn. It is only towards adolescence that they manage to become the captain of their own ship. In adolescence, there is also a 15-year learning process for humans. This is as important in life as it is when schools open. The purpose of humans is not limited to eating, drinking, and reproducing like other living creatures. The world of imagination, the world of mind – for example, if you ask a dog what is in its world of imagination, it would say bones. If you ask the same question to a lion, it would say tearing prey apart. Because it sleeps 15 hours, hunts for 2-3 hours, spends 2-3 hours with its cubs, and its life ends this way. But humans are not like that. A human gets satiated in 1-2 hours a day. So, merely eating is not the purpose of a human. Humans think conceptually and abstractly. They produce philosophy and thought. That is, humans develop the ability to think abstractly,' he said.

## **“If a person has a goal, they will have many things that can bring joy and happiness in life”**

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan emphasized that people who are open to learning are in a much better place in life; 'I look at it this way: for example, what kind of life did a person live when they reached the end of their life? What was written on their tombstone? What kind of person were they? What kind of life did they lead? Because true success is then. If a person says 'I am successful,' they are deceiving themselves, because the overall quality of the 'factory' is important. Today, it's not enough to produce a quality product. It's important to produce that product with quality five years later as well. Whether we will be successful at the end of our lives is actually evident from the trajectory. For this, I look at the people who made the fewest mistakes in life regarding success and who made the most correct decisions. What I have observed most in this regard is that people who can achieve this in their lives are those who are open to learning. They have been learning something since childhood. Life is like this, but for this to happen, a person also needs to know certain things mentally. Being open to experiences and having a goal is important at this point. If a person has a goal, pursues meaning, and strives to implement that meaning in life, they will have many things that can bring joy and happiness in life,' he explained.

## **“It is not healthy to continue in your role as a businessman or businesswoman when you go home”**

Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan emphasized that a person should use the roles they acquire in the right places; 'Currently, the most debated topic in America is empathy erosion. When empathy erodes, narcissism increases. Selfishness increases. When selfishness increases, people become lonely. When they become lonely, they become unhappy, and suicides increase in this way. This is actually the California Syndrome. First is hedonism, pleasure-seeking. Second is ego, selfishness. And third is loneliness. This is currently the problem of the Western world. Unfortunately, Turkey is not much different. Humanity is experiencing a crisis of civilization. People become lonely, and suicides increase in this way. Therefore, if we add meaning to the work we do, that work becomes valuable and beautiful for us. On the one hand, we must not abandon the roles of mother and father, along with the role of businessman or businesswoman at home. Live that role at home, and the other role at work. It is not healthy to continue in your role as a businessman or businesswoman when you go home. Nor is it healthy to continue the role of father or mother when you come to work. This is not really a role. Just as we don't come to work in evening wear, we can think of it that way. One must live by the behavioral patterns of the workplace. By sharing roles in this way, we will manage our lives. If we do this, we can be happy, successful, and at ease. We can do things that add meaning to life by being at peace with ourselves,' he explained.

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