Will Smith writes in his biography that: • Becoming famous is amazing. • Being famous is a mixed bag. • Losing fame is miserable. The amount of fame almost doesn’t matter. It’s the trajectory that people cling to. Same with money. I think for a lot of people the process of becoming wealthier feels better than having wealth. If it’s wealth we were after, most of us would feel great, because most of us are unfathomably wealthier than we were a generation or two ago. Or ten years ago. Or five years ago. Or two years ago! What feels great is being on an upward path. That’s when dopamine takes over. That’s when you can ... (full story)