added by Agalia Tan · updated 2mo ago
That's Enough.
And I think that’s one of our enduring understandings of what ambition has to be something massive, something that rules your life and every decision you make, something that never stops burning, and crucially, something that somehow lands people in this mystical land of perfect contentment. If you’ve ever known someone whose primary attribute is a
... See morefrom What Happened To My Ambition? with Rainesford Stauffer | Crooked Media by Anne Helen Petersen
sari added
“Enough” is not too little.
The idea of having “enough” might look like conservatism, leaving opportunity and potential on the table.
I don’t think that’s right.
“Enough” is realizing that the opposite—an insatiable appetite for more—will push you to the point of regret.
Reputation is invaluable.
Freedom and independence are invaluable.
Family and friend
... See morefrom The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness by Morgan Housel
Jennifer Baez added
- Endless wanting will wreck us and also the world that is our home. By contrast, our economic order and the ostensible health of our society is premised on the generation of insatiable desires, chiefly for consumer goods and services. Your contentment and mine would wreak havoc on the existing order of things. “That’s enough, thanks,” is arguably a ... See more
from Ill With Want by theconvivialsociety.substack.com
Alex Wittenberg added
- the ideal of limitlessness consumption serves the modern economy quite well, but it does not serve the person well at all.2 This ideal imparts to us all a spirit of scarcity that darkens our experience: not enough time, not enough attention, not enough capacity to care. But upon what does this spirit feed? It feeds, in part, on the temptation to li... See more
from The Art of Living by L. M. Sacasas
sari and added
“Enough” is realizing that the opposite—an insatiable appetite for more—will push you to the point of regret.
from The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
“Enough” is realizing that the opposite—an insatiable appetite for more—will push you to the point of regret.
from The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
“Enough” is realizing that the opposite—an insatiable appetite for more—will push you to the point of regret.
from The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
