Unfortunately it's not that simple. I know it from my own experience. I worked on my PhD and people expected the impossible from me. I worked longer than legally allowed, didn't take the vacation I was entitled to, but got scolded for not producing the desired results fast enough and was threatened to be kicked out, while I had to watch other people getting rewarded, although everyone knew that their research was not particularly scientific to put it lightly... I felt a bit like a soldier; for a moment I felt my sleep deprivation, frustration and fear of losing all I ever built up in a blink of an eye, but then all those feelings faded away and I just kept on working. That state lasted for a while, but then I got constantly ill, so that doctors feared I might have HIV, but it was just depletion of body and soul. I was diagnosed with burn out and depression and was ill for longer than the vacation I deserved, yet my boss only pretended to understand my situation, but pushed me to work even harder... I felt like dead. I wasn't sad, frustrated or anything. I ate my favorite food and felt nothing. I heard my favorite songs and felt nothing. I injured myself in an accident and I barely felt the pain. All I felt was fatigue. It took me half a year after the end of all the stress, just to get back to 90% of what I used to be. To sum it up: keeping yourself busy, or distracting you with tiny rewards doesn't make you happy. Even achievements make you only happy for a minute, until you set your aims even higher. That's the curse of our modern society. True happiness comes, when you free yourself from all the expectations and find your own place/ realistic goals.

this is stoicism, not to take anything away from mo, he is a very smart guy, but at the root of what he is saying lies stoicism, simply put: nothing in life is guaranteed, you cannot control the world around you, only your response to it, and also, remember you will die, the thing that you desire, or that left you unhappy, does it actually matter that much, in the grand scheme of things?

Elba Loscalzo so you dont even know what it says but u are interested and want someone to translate it for you😂🤪

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Martin Lichtblau for him happiness is a peaceful state and not that excitement and joy. Acceptance of life the good of it and the bad. And being okay with it.