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#397 - Dr Benjamin Hardy - A High Achievers' Guide To Happiness

Modern Wisdom

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Are You in the Gap About Your Past?

There's a big difference, in a healthy difference, between wanting and needing. An intrinsic motivation is about wanting; extrinsic motivation means you feel like you need it to have something else. In psychology, there's a difference between what's called harmonious passion and obsessive passion. Obsessive passion means that you feellike you need this thing, and if you can't have you're never goingto be happy. Whereas harmonious passion means you just do what you want. It's way more intrinsic its way healthier.

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