I have friends who made $10M+ and are miserable. I have friends who made that much and found calm - they don’t need to run anymore. I have friends who made far less and are just happy. Whether something is enough is up to you. Whether you’re happy is independent of your bank account. You can want to be wealthy and still be content now. You don’t need to chase it from a place of lack and desperation. Silicon Valley treats ambition and happiness as mutually exclusive. As if wanting more means you can’t be satisfied now. That’s the trap. You can be both
我有一些朋友赚了 1000 万美元以上，却很痛苦。我也有一些朋友赚到了那么多，并因此找到了平静——他们不再需要继续拼命奔跑。我还有一些朋友赚得少得多，却就是很快乐。一件事算不算“足够”，取决于你自己。你是否快乐，与自己的银行账户无关。你可以想要变得富有，同时也对当下感到满足。你不需要出于匮乏感和绝望去追逐它。Silicon Valley 把 ambition（野心）和 happiness（幸福）看成彼此排斥的东西。仿佛只要还想要更多，你就不可能对现在感到满足。那才是陷阱。你可以两者兼得