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307. Childhood Trauma, Marriage, and Making Friends | Dr. John Delony

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Is This a Cognitive Exercise or a Feeling Exercise?

The probability that you'll be happy because you've accomplished something in any permanent sense is virtually zero. Positive emotion is to indicate that you're making progress towards a valued goal. So for example, once you've become vice president, if that was your goal, then the whole pursuing vice president program comes to a halt. And so often people feel disquiet because now they don't know what to do and they miss that rush of accomplishment.

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