Dialed In For Success - Episode 14 - The Arrival Fallacy Dialed in for Success Podcast
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Dialed In For Success Episode 14—The Arrival Fallacy
Show Notes
I first heard of the arrival fallacy on the Internet Business Mastery podcast
Comes from the book Happier by Tal-Ben Shahar
The Arrival Fallacy—“The false belief that reaching a valued destination can sustain happiness (p.25)
As you get closer to the event, you adapt to your environment and return to your happiness setpoint
CORRECTION: at 3:30 into the podcast, I reference Jim Belushi as an example of the arrival fallacy. In fact, I meant to reference his brother John Belushi. Jim Belushi is alive and well.
Types of Arrival fallacies
The Happiness Arrival Fallacy: I’ll be happy when….
Something has to happen before I will give myself permission to be happy
The Readiness Arrival Fallacy: I’ll be ready when…
Something has to happen in order for me to feel worthy of having something in my life
The Enlightenment Arrival Fallacy: I’ll understand when…
Something has to happen before I can be a better person or live life by higher values
Source: Venkatesh Rao Live Life, Not Projects
http://www.tempobook.com/2012/02/20/live-life-not-projects/
All arrival fallacies are based on the idea that whatever you want to experience comes from outside yourself.
The decision to be happy or ready or enlightened is determined by a decision to have that in your life.
Take-Away
Make a decision to be happy or ready or enlightened. Regardless of what you want in your life, make a decision to have it today.
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Dialed In For Success Episode 14—The Arrival Fallacy
Show Notes
I first heard of the arrival fallacy on the Internet Business Mastery podcast
Comes from the book Happier by Tal-Ben Shahar
The Arrival Fallacy—“The false belief that reaching a valued destination can sustain happiness (p.25)
As you get closer to the event, you adapt to your environment and return to your happiness setpoint
CORRECTION: at 3:30 into the podcast, I reference Jim Belushi as an example of the arrival fallacy. In fact, I meant to reference his brother John Belushi. Jim Belushi is alive and well.
Types of Arrival fallacies
The Happiness Arrival Fallacy: I’ll be happy when….
Something has to happen before I will give myself permission to be happy
The Readiness Arrival Fallacy: I’ll be ready when…
Something has to happen in order for me to feel worthy of having something in my life
The Enlightenment Arrival Fallacy: I’ll understand when…
Something has to happen before I can be a better person or live life by higher values
Source: Venkatesh Rao Live Life, Not Projects
http://www.tempobook.com/2012/02/20/live-life-not-projects/
All arrival fallacies are based on the idea that whatever you want to experience comes from outside yourself.
The decision to be happy or ready or enlightened is determined by a decision to have that in your life.
Take-Away
Make a decision to be happy or ready or enlightened. Regardless of what you want in your life, make a decision to have it today.
Get signed up for Dialed in for Success Updates
http://dialedinforsuccess.com
https://facebook.com/dialedinforsuccess
http://twitter.com/ImDialedIn
10 min