Having a high networth can give you certain extrinsic benefits in terms of your life style, but there's also the element of intrinsic sense of accomplishment. The two are always connected in some way because we're people that live intrinsic and extrinsic lives at all times. One of the keys is kind of like integrating the two, or understanding how they relate to one another.
#335: Have you ever spent years studying the wrong major, climbing the ladder at the wrong company, chasing the wrong career?
Have you spent years living in the wrong city? Wrong relationship? Wrong lifestyle?
It’s hard to discern what *we think we want* from what we really want.
Society teaches us what we’re “supposed” to want. And we follow along.
The result is keeping up with the Joneses. It’s the hedonic treadmill. It’s lifestyle inflation. And it causes conflict, both within ourselves and with others.
Today’s guest, Luke Burgis, discusses mimetic desire — how our “wants” are imitative — and how we can find our deeper truths.
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