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Happiness

Happiness is state of doing things which we want to do when we are happy. If you want to dance or travel when you are happy, then dance or travel now.  You won't get greater happiness waiting for it. As given in book flow : the psychology of happiness  " Happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance. It is not something that money can buy or power command. It does not depend on outside events, but, rather, on how we interpret them. Happiness, in fact, is a condition that must be prepared for, cultivated, and defended privately by each person. People who learn to control inner experience will be able to determine the quality of their lives, which is as close as any of us can come to being happy." Happiness is not doing things  for sake of chasing happiness.  More and more  food, alcohol or social media can only give you empty short term happiness.  You have to be honest with yourself. Doing what gives you genu...

We underestimate success possible in long term and overestimate success possible in short term

But if we put faith in wrong process. Then it just becomes a string of failures. Path to big successes are not laid through string of failures but ladder of small successes. If we are able to break our target into small steps, where each next step is more difficult than before.  And we are able to achieve it one by one. Then we can achieve seemingly impossible things. Possibly this is key to choosing your long term focus. If your talent and capability allows you to break your long term goal into series of smaller than targets. Then it is probably right thing for you.