Be Aware of Arrival Fallacy
“Arrival fallacy is this illusion that once we make it, once we attain our goal or reach our destination, we will reach lasting happiness,” said Tal Ben-Shahar, the Harvard-trained positive psychology expert who is credited with coining the term.
Dr. Ben-Shahar said arrival fall
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Lovely writeup. Success is like a cloud. When viewed from afar, it looks so solid and feels like it can be held. Only upon reaching the greater heights would one realize that it's all an illusion.
For me, the chapters on happiness in Yuval Noah Harari's book "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" were eye-opening. There he examines the latest studies on happiness, if people were happier in earlier times and where lasting happiness comes from.
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