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If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Happy?

You can increase your happiness without losing your drive

Naval: "Happiness is for stupid people." That's a common complaint I hear from smart overachievers. They think only dumb or lazy people can be happy. Entrepreneurs will say, "I don't want to be happy because I want to be successful." They worry that if they get too happy they'll lose their desire and won't work hard anymore.

Can you increase happiness without losing your drive?

Like everything else, there is some truth to this. Generally, the more intelligent you are, the more you can see behind the facade of everyday life being easy or safe. You see all the risks and downsides - the calamities that await us. You see the cynicism and manipulation behind so many things portrayed as being good for you or society. You become cynical, and you signal your intelligence through cynicism. Very smart people often communicate in purely cynical observations.

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