"When people evaluate their life, they compare themselves……" — Daniel Kahneman
"When people evaluate their life, they compare themselves to a standard of what a successful life is, and it turns out that standard tends to be universal: People in Togo and Denmark have the same idea of what a good life is, and a lot of that has to do with money and material prosperity."
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Daniel Kahneman
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158 Quotes by Daniel Kahneman
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