Welcome to the happiness podcast. I'm Dr. Robert Puff. I met a man once who shared an

interesting story with me. He had a wife, a couple kids, and a career that he was doing very

well at, but he realized one day that with all the success he was having, he really wasn't that happy, especially if he compared himself

to his younger self.

He remembered how when he was younger and he had almost nothing going to school, just

getting by, that even in that impoverished state he was happy.

He could surf when he wanted to, he could hang out with friends, he could go for a run, there

are so many things he did that didn't cost him any money.

Now he does remember when he was younger dreaming about making a lot of money and all the things that he could buy,

and he thought he'd be so much happier and then what

was interesting he realized that he had all those things now but in many ways

with all those things came pressures and with those pressures he lost happiness.

He said I could make more in a day than I used to make in a month when I was younger

and yet with all this money I'm not any more happier and in many

ways I'm less happier because I worry about things more and I'm always wanting more

because in his line of work there were people that made more than him and he

thought well maybe if I make as much as them then I'll be happy. But then he also

realized that this is it because every time he reaches his goal he's not

happier it didn't make any difference in his life and I have to admit I was proud

of him for seeing that insight, because I think a lot of people are waiting for someday all.

And that someday all sometimes comes. Sometimes it doesn't. but when it comes, it often lets us down, and we aren't

any more happier even though we got all our dreams fulfilled. Why is that? Let's explore this in today's

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