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The Minimalists - How To Let Go Without Losing Out On Happiness

Slo Mo: A Podcast with Mo Gawdat

CHAPTER

The Problem With Consumption and Happiness

Happiness itself is a lot more about this calm and peaceful contentment to be okay with what you have, rather than seek more to give you that rush. We're biologically heartwired for the sake of our own survival to pay more attention to things that are potentially negative. TK: It's much more powerful to make something look cool than to prove that it actually is cool.

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