When we think of a happy person we imagine them as someone who is happy and jolly all the time, but actually Naval argues a happy person isn’t someone who’s happy all the time.
It is someone who effortlessly interprets events in such a way that they don’t lose their innate peace.
He goes on to explain that peace is happiness at rest, and happiness is peace in motion.
The advantage of optimising for peace is that you can convert peace into happiness anytime you want.
But peace is what you want most of the time. If you’re a peaceful person, anything you do will be a happy activity.
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