One group gets happier and happier as they age, and the other group gets less and less happy. It's about 50-50 if you look at the data. Now most people think that to be on the upper branch, to get happier as you get older, you have to be one of the successful people. The people who do a lot with their lives, they see a lot of worldly success because then I guess you can dine out on your success and go out happy. Well, it's not true. ◈ 23:09 The driver's curse is that the people on the lower brand, the people who tend to get unhappier as they age, they tend to be the ones who experienced a lot more success earlier in their lives. And it kind of makes sense. What goes up must come down. Look, if you don't do anything with your life, you won't know when it's over. But if you do a lot with your life and the party ends, you're going to notice the difference. That contrast is really hard… The Next Big Idea Daily · source
