Andrew Huberman· PhD
often what's happening is the reason that you are happier when you were rich is because the reason you got rich is because you found some sort of purpose you built a business you were successful in your career career and that gave you a good sense of purpose and identity and where you see the opposite of that are lottery winners who become rich but not because they made a good investment not because they built a business not because they're successful and their peers like them and whatnot they just got lucky and those are the people so many studies that winning the lottery will not make you happy it might for a very short period of time but over time it doesn't because you didn't get any added purpose you can't wake up in the morning and say I built this business I did it I you know I'm so successful I got my PhD I did there's none of that you just got lucky and so that's not going to bring you much happiness