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Why You Always Want More, And How To Fix It | Michael Easter

10% Happier with Dan Harris

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Reevaluating Problems and Appreciating Progress

By constantly searching for problems and lowering our threshold for what we consider a problem, we overlook the fact that the world has significantly improved over time. Although we may debate whether the world is better this year compared to the last, in the grand scheme, we can agree that today, by most measurements, the world is far better than it was in the past. However, our tendency to focus on problems and constantly search for the next issue clouds our judgment and prevents us from appreciating the progress and the remarkable time we live in.

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