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The Arrival Fallacy 💭

2023-10-06 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:41 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Mindset, motivation and happiness · mode: Explanation and tutorial

In a Short, Ali passes on advice he got recently: if you are not happy now, achieving your goal will not make you happy; he names the arrival fallacy and says happiness is found in the journey and the present.

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00:00:00 — The arrival fallacy: happiness in the journey rather than the destination

  • ★★★ Ali calls the best advice someone gave him recently the idea that if you are not happy now, you will not be happy when you achieve what you set out to achieve: the arrival fallacy, the belief that arriving brings happiness, while happiness is found in the journey. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Ali says a time will come, for example on your deathbed, when you would give anything to trade places with who you are now, so he advises enjoying the process of whatever you are doing now. — 00:00:21

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  • refine · How do you become happier? — Ali calls the best advice someone gave him recently the idea that if you are not happy now, you will not be happy when you achieve what you set out to achieve: the arrival fallacy, the belief that arriving brings happiness, while happiness is found in the journey. (00:00:00)

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