Minimizing Pain, Maximizing Joy
Hidden Brain
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The Hedonic Treadmill and the Gap Theory of Happiness
A lot of people are unhappy because they recognize the existence of a gap between what they have and what they want. The stoics said, you do these certain exercises so that you can convince yourself to want the things that you already have. And i like to rephrase it as the gap theory of happiness.
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