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“Learn to never be satisfied with the status quo, to constantly expand your understanding of users, audience, products or markets.”

This stuck out at me as a great way to never be happy.

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Isn't this the great catch22 for a lot of successful people? What drives them to be successful is never being satisfied, but it's also what might mean they'll never be happy?

Happiness mostly results from creating and maintaining a sense of flow. Never being satisfied is a good way to keep stuff flowing rather than becoming stagnant.

Don't put everyone into one bottle. There are many different types of people who want many different types of lifestyles. There are also plenty of stories of people who gain huge success this way but hate their lives.

Flow is not a lifestyle, it's an important component of a fulfilling one. You don't have to achieve it by being unsatisfied, but that's one way. Just like I said.

Well, if one hates doing a startup, he'll be unhappy doing one.

Maybe that fits in a warning: Know yourself.

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