"Some things are better than others.
We should have preferences that leads us into one future over
another but when these preferences drives us too hard and too
fast because we have overrated the difference between these
futures, we are at risk.
When our ambition is bounded it leads us to work joyfully .
When our ambition is unbounded it leads us to lie, to cheat,
to steal, to hurt others, to sacrifice things of real value.
When our fears are bounded we're prudent, we're cautious
and we're thoughtful. When our fears are unbounded and
overblown we're reckless and we're cowardly.
The lesson i wanna leave you with from this data is that our
longings and our worries are both to some degree overblown
because we have within us the capacity to manufacture the
very commodity we are constantly chasing when we choose
experience."
Dan Gilbert at TED talk "Why are we happy?"
A lesson about moderation
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