# #139 Laurie Santos — the Pursuit of Happiness ![rw-book-cover](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fssl-static.libsyn.com%2Fp%2Fassets%2F1%2F3%2F0%2F8%2F130880bf67879f6ed959afa2a1bf1c87%2Fpodcast-cover.png&w=100&h=100) ## 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))