Viewing life as a story rather than a checklist of goals is the key to achieving happiness.

“When you see your life as a list of goals, and if you don't reach them, you don't feel good about yourself, you're missing the story.”

People frequently confuse success with happiness, and chasing societal ideals of success can often be detrimental to genuine happiness.

“The problem is is if we chase them too much at the expense of what our happiness is. And many of us fall into that trap.”