"A dumb thing about our minds is that we never look to reference points that make us feel good. We always look to reference points that make us feel crappy."
— @lauriesantos
@ShaneAParrishtwitter.com"A dumb thing about our minds is that we never look to reference points that make us feel good. We always look to reference points that make us feel crappy." — @lauriesantos
The thing about money, sex, and success is that when you don’t have them, you can justify your misery—shit, if I had money, sex, and success, I’d feel great! However misguided
Mark Manson • Will
The problem with our world is that it does not stop emphasizing that success, calm, happiness and fulfilment could, somehow, one day be ours. And in this way it never ceases to torture us. As with optimists, pessimists would like things to go well. But by recognizing that many things can – and probably will – go wrong, the pessimist is adroitly pla
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Social comparison is the problem here.
Morgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
Everyone else, it seems, is living fantastic and blissful lives. This misperception leads to even further distress for all involved because