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Being happy with what we have

 We're never happy with what we have, we want what others have too; 

Ryan Holiday - Ego is the Enemy


Prof. Laurie Santos teaches wildly popular course "The science of happiness" in Coursera!

one important concept that prof. Santos talks is - about absolute vs relative coordinates .

She states that reason for unhappiness stems relative comparison of our self with others!


Let me take my case -

the way my professional career started- To where I am today -

leading team;

On absolute coordinates, I should be very very happy today , given where I started. i should feel arrived.

but what is the reality ? i end up comparing myself to others-

one who runs faster than me and feeling unhappy !

Mukund! Don't - Feel arrived!


"The word "euthymia" is the one we should think more often:

sense of our own path and how to stay on it

without getting distracted by all others" Ryan Holiday

Authors

Ryan Holiday      

Mukund

Comments

Naksha said…
As I grow older and realise the need to conserve my energy, I see that I relate to euthymia more and more. There is no way that I NOW have the energy to Melinda my own business and the business of of others;)!
September 19, 2023 at 7:36 PM
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