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Minimizing Pain, Maximizing Joy

Hidden Brain

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The Hedonic Treadmill - The Gap Theory of Happiness

A lot of people are unhappy because they recognize the existence a gap between what they have and what they want. What you need to do is to learn how to want what you already have, causin there's no gap to close. And the stoics said, you do these certain exercises, these certain psychological strategies so that you can convince yourself to want the things that you already have....

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