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The Arrival Fallacy: Why We Should Decouple Our Happiness From Our Goals
This future-focused attitude often takes the form of what I once heard described as the “‘when-I-finally’ mind,” as in: “When I finally get my workload under control/get my candidate elected/find the right romantic partner/sort out my psychological issues, then I can relax, and the life I was always meant to be living can begin.” The person mired i
... See moreOliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
“You know deep down that accomplishing things won’t make you happy, but I think I always fantasized that it would at least feel really good. I was so wrong. Hitting #1 for the first time as an author felt like…nothing. Being a ‘millionaire’…nothing. It’s a trick of evolution that drives us, and no one is immune from making this mistake.”
Paul Millerd • The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
Nothing has sunk more creators and caused more unhappiness than this: our inherently human tendency to pursue a strategy aimed at accomplishing one goal while simultaneously expecting to achieve other goals entirely unrelated.
Ryan Holiday • Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts
We’re constantly trying to get our arms around what it means to be successful. Success is always something we’re aiming to achieve at some point in the future, not something we feel we can experience in the moment. Success is never now. And we often aspire to attaining it without understanding what it means for us personally. Is it a dollar figure?
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