I agree that striving for success is likely to lead to disappointment. But life without striving also sounds disappointing. How about we let go of success, but keep doing challenging stuff anyway, just for the fun of it?
How about we let go of success, but keep doing challenging stuff anyway, just for the fun of it?
This sort of feels like Feynman’s attitude, despite him being extremely successful.
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I agree that striving for success is likely to lead to disappointment. But life without striving also sounds disappointing. How about we let go of success, but keep doing challenging stuff anyway, just for the fun of it?
This sort of feels like Feynman’s attitude, despite him being extremely successful.