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His second path to happiness is a better than the first. It‘s not about the set-up, but about the corrections. The point is that a great education or diploma will not set you up for life. The constant adjustments to deal with what life throws at you will make the difference. It‘s not the plan, but the planning.

First path to happiness he labels „mental accounting“. While I understand the concept, his examples are mostly silly. For example prepayment of a hotel stay might still end with the experience of having a horrid bill to sour the mood.