We are built to be effective animals, not happy ones.

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We are built to be effective animals, not happy ones. Throughout our lives we strive to be as happy as possible. We want to feel good all the time. In fact, that’s what we do when we are happy.

We look for reasons to be happy. But, happiness is a state of mind, not a physical thing. That doesn't mean there is no joy in our lives because there is.

It's a matter of finding the balance between being happy and being effective.

Source: The Moral Animal: Why We Are The Way We Are: The New Science Of Evolutionary Psychology

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