TSHP137: Satisfaction. Why do we want more?

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Remember when Oliver Twist had the audacity to ask for more? Who could blame is. Today, many of us seem constantly dissatisfied despite our relative immense wealth (if you’re reading this message, odds are that you’re in the top 10% richest people in the world). So why do we always want more and how can we learn to be happy with what we have?

Enjoy the show, it’s The Self Help Podcast!

• Sean wrote a blog post on this subject, have a read
• Why do we want more than we need?
• The curse of ‘too much’
• Quora tackles the question of ‘why do we want more’
• Why ‘more’ won’t make you happier
• Episode 1 of ‘Status Anxiety’ by Alain de Botton

• Sean recommends a good blog post – ‘How to get out of debt: Your ten-step plan to getting your finances back under control‘
• Ed is getting into the whole environmental debate. We all need to. A good place to start is Paul Gilding’s ‘The Great Disruption’.

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