The Paradox of Happiness: Why Desiring More Makes Us Miserable

The desire for more doesn’t create happiness but destroys it

Darius Foroux
Forge
Published in
7 min readMar 16, 2022

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A foundational idea in modern society is that we all need to strive for more. You can see this everywhere, from movies, books, articles, to the way people speak in private.

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Darius Foroux
Forge
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My new book, The Stoic Path to Wealth (Porfolio / Penguin), is coming out July 16th: stoicpathtowealth.com