# #139 Laurie Santos — the Pursuit of Happiness

## Metadata
- Author: [[The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish]]
- Full Title: #139 Laurie Santos — the Pursuit of Happiness
- Category: #podcasts
- URL: https://share.snipd.com/episode/71d78afe-b389-4888-897a-44c0afc7d939
## Highlights
- Misconceptions About Happiness: Our Minds Lie to Us
Key takeaways:
• Some people are 'happy if' or 'happy when' people.
• They are not happy in the moment.
• They believe they'll be happy when something specific happens.
• However, even when that thing occurs, they still aren't happy.
Transcript:
Speaker 2
That I think of people like this, I call them happy if or happy when people, because they're not happy in the moment. They're happy when something, when I get a promotion, when I get a relationship, when I get a new car, when I get a new house, I'll be happy then. And then why is it that we never seem to be happy when that happens? Yeah, well, this is a bias ([Time 0:06:14](https://share.snipd.com/snip/be27ede2-1bee-4adf-8a34-625e8dab059b))