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The Destination Mirage – Why Getting There Is Never Enough
"True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future." - Seneca TL;DR The Arrival Fallacy is the illusion that once we reach a specific goal, we…
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The ‘If-Only’ Brain | Why You Overestimate Your Future Happiness (The Focusing Illusion)
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The Destination Mirage – Why Getting There Is Never Enough
"True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the…
The ‘Pattern-Locked’ Brain | Why You Can’t Stop Playing the Game (The Tetris Effect)
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act,…
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"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a…
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