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#541 - Ryan Holiday - Stoicism's Lessons For A Disciplined Life

Modern Wisdom

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Is There a Difference Between Happiness and Success?

Buddhism is about unsatisfactoriness. Humans are not built to be happy. We're built to be effective. And effectiveness is everything being just a bit more shit than you thought it was going to be. From an evolutionary perspective, there's very little value in the finish line existing. There's a lot of evolutionary value to just move it a little bit further.

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