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# In the third #BuildTheLifeYouWant episode, @arthurcbrooks and @oprah discuss why people become workaholics and how the n
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## Summary
What's your advice to work a Hawlicks? Yeah, so indeed, joy comes from work, rightly understood. Yeah. And a lot of people blow that out of proportion. Yeah. So if I were giving investment advice, some people would say, you need to diversify portfolio of investments. You know, you should have a litt...
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What's your advice to work a Hawlicks? Yeah, so indeed, joy comes from work, rightly understood. Yeah. And a lot of people blow that out of proportion. Yeah. So if I were giving investment advice, some people would say, you need to diversify portfolio of investments. You know, you should have a little cash, you should have a little stock, you should have a little bonds, whatever happens to be, right? And some people will say, especially young people, they'll be like, now, I'm going to go for the one that has the greatest yield this year, right? And so I'm going to put it all in, you know, these really risky bonds or something. And I mean, like, don't do that, trust me, don't do that. That's what people do who become more co-awlicks. Usually, early on in their life, they recognize that, yeah, okay, faith, yeah, I don't, I don't get it really family, I want to pay in. Friends, they're always kind of there, kind of. But work, I'm getting promotions, I'm getting rewarded, I'm getting affirmed day after day after day. And so they double down and they triple down and pretty soon all the dough is working. In other words, they understand that this is a good source of happiness, but they crowd out of the other things. And the result is that they're over-invested in the work pillar. And that becomes a source of addiction. That's what we call workaholism. Now, usually, it's a secondary addiction. The primary addiction is the success. People get super interested in success. And the reason is because it hits the dopamine lever, just the same way as gambling or alcohol, or anything that's highly addictive.
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In the third #BuildTheLifeYouWant episode, @arthurcbrooks and @oprah discuss why people become workaholics and how the need to succeed often leads people to neglect other areas in their life. Tap the link in our bio to listen to the episode available now wherever you listen to @supersoul podcasts or on @owntv’s YouTube!
## Key Claims
- What's your advice to work a Hawlicks? Yeah, so indeed, joy comes from work, rightly understood.
- And a lot of people blow that out of proportion.
- So if I were giving investment advice, some people would say, you need to diversify portfolio of investments.
- You know, you should have a little cash, you should have a little stock, you should have a little bonds, whatever happens to be, right? And some people will say, especially young people, they'll be like, now, I'm going to go for the one that has the greatest yield this year, right? And so I'm going to put it all in, you know, these really risky bonds or something.
- And I mean, like, don't do that, trust me, don't do that.
## Topic Application
- **ai**: AI/tech
- **practical**: Practical skills
- **culture**: Culture
## Caveats
## Related Sources (Idea-to-Idea)
- **[COMPLEMENTS]** [[Wealth - Indeed books economists other social commentators say family]] — c0muvbcu4em (Brooks) says over-investing in work crowds out faith, family, and friends, creating workaholism; dc1_g3tvl_2 (Warren) says two incomes made families financially riskier, not safer. Both show how pursuing financial security can backfire by narrowing your base.
- **[COMPLEMENTS]** [[Charlie Munger on Solving Problems Backwards]] — c0muvbcu4em says diversify your life portfolio (faith, family, friends, work) like an investment portfolio; c0nwt2ds4nr (Munger) says solve hard problems by addressing them backwards. Both use investment/diversification logic applied to life decisions.
- **[COMPLEMENTS]** [[Kratom, Focus Drinks, and Hidden Addiction (3)]] — c0mu
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