The Vicious Cycle of Seeking Happiness in Material Wealth

Here are 5 things that happen when we chase external markers of success to be happy.

1. We live inauthentically.

2. We chase a moving goalpost.

3. We relinquish agency over our lives.

4. We believe our happiness is dependent on externals.

5. We correlate our self-worth and self-image with our professional and material wealth.

If we desire mission, meaning, and fulfillment in the second half of life, it’s time to drop the endless chase and seize the gauntlet of creation.

And, the happiness we’ve been chasing?

It will ensue naturally.

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I’m a Reinvention Architect & Mindset Coach. I work 1:1 with my clients to unleash their full potential and connect with their life’s calling so they can live the lives they’ve always imagined.