We’ve fallen for the wrong American dream version of success, which has overemphasized the external and neglected the internal. We’ve created an environment that: focuses on achievement above all else; narrows our drive toward obsession, to win at all costs; amplifies comparisons that are downright impossible to measure up; prioritizes extrinsic motivation over intrinsic; pushes us to find security and stability in the wrong places, overidentifying with jobs and pursuits; and mistakes superficial and transactional relationships for genuine ones.
this is why people are miserable
