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#187: Drowning in envy
Modern capitalism is a pro at two things: generating wealth and generating envy. Perhaps they go hand in hand; wanting to surpass your peers can be the fuel of hard work. But life isn’t any fun without a sense of enough. Happiness, as it’s said, is just results minus expectations.
Morgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
In traditional societies, a man typically worked in the same trade that his father worked in. Satisfaction in life generally came from family, faith, and a sense of community rather than ambition to rise to the top of a profession or to get rich. Unfortunately, traditional sources of life satisfaction are increasingly marginalized in a society driv
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Nico Choksi added
a lot of celebrated qualities are incompatible with each other. Ambition often comes with discontent; focus with rigidity; contentment with complacency. A couple that does everything together probably has fewer close friends. A social butterfly might have a messy house. These are crude examples, but it’s worth remembering that we all have to assess... See more
Keely Adler and added
But I wonder what it would look like for financial or personal growth to lead to different, better kinds of communal living instead of an exit from it altogether.
Haley Nahman • #96: Why Do We Aspire to Live Alone?
Keely Adler added
“In the hunt for their own happiness, people fall the more out of heaven into hell.”
Nathaniel Branden • Honoring the Self: The Pyschology of Confidence and Respect
How I Tamed My Envy of Almost Everyone but Especially Elizabeth Gilbert
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