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> I decided that that life, for me, was not about accomplishment. It was about happiness. He is in the unusual position to have achieved a great level of accom
by foobar1962 2y ago
> I decided that that life, for me, was not about accomplishment. It was about happiness.
He is in the unusual position to have achieved a great level of accomplishment.
- throwup238 2y agoWith only 4kb of memory! There's a zen binary koen in there somewhere
- The_Colonel 2y agoIf you suffer from the "arrival fallacy" (discussed in the article), then you will find out only after reaching the top that there's not much hapiness in there. Woz kinda saves you the trouble of many years working towards an illusory goal ("when I acommplish this, everything will be great").
- anal_reactor 2y agoThat was an incredibly hard lesson for me to learn, but on the other hand, I'm happy I believed this fallacy because it motivated me to work hard, which brought me to the position I am currently in.
- jaggederest 2y agoIt's only a fallacy for people who actually have arrived. Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a useful framework - of course people who have achieved physical and emotional security, esteem in their career and family think that "it's not all about accomplishments", because they have all the accomplishments they need and are just trying to self-actualize. People who aren't in a position to worry about self-actualization because they're trying to stay fed and clothed are unlikely to agree that money doesn't matter that much, if asked on their deathbed at presumably a young age.
- lawn 2y ago> People who aren't in a position to worry about self-actualization because they're trying to stay fed and clothed are unlikely to agree that money doesn't matter that much, if asked on their deathbed at presumably a young age. Lets be real though, almost everyone who reads HN are in the self-actualization phase, instead of the "how not to starve" phase.
- squigz 2y agoThe ideas people have about HN demographics is wild.
- cableshaft 2y agoI'd agree they're probably not in the Basic Needs phase, but not necessarily past Psychological needs (Esteem, Belongingness and love, which are both under Self-Actualization). Can be hard to get beyond those, and money isn't the deciding factor there.
- ryandrake 2y agoI noticed that the only people who say "Hey, money isn't everything!" are people who already have plenty of money. The people who tell you at work "You don't really want to advance in your career and be a [Manager/Director/etc.], it's so much more work and responsibility!" are always themselves Managers and Directors. "Don't worry about work so much, take that vacation!" says the person who's at a point in life where they don't have to worry about work.
- xenospn 2y agoTo be fair, it is much nicer to cry in a Porsche than an old Kia.
- p3rls 2y agoEh, Leonardo da Vinci out-accomplished him and wished for the reverse.