Arthur Brooks
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It's actually about if I finally get that thing, then it's going to be okay.
when I finally get that thing.
So, you know, I've, I've, I've worked with Olympic athletes and, and, and it's funny because you'll often, they think they're alone in their struggles and you'll say, did you, when you won that gold, were you depressed afterward?
They'd be like, how'd you know?
Like, cause it's always true.
Every other gold medalist.
It's literally called gold medalist syndrome.
Yeah.
It's called gold medalist.
And what it is, it's all in, in, in my field in behavioral science is called the arrival fallacy.
Yes.
And the arrival fallacy is just like, I got to get there.
And when I get there, I'm going to feel that thing.
Now, what is the thing I'm going to feel?
And this gets back to your question.
I'm going to feel like I'm worthy.
I'm going to feel like I'm something.
I'm going to feel like I'm special.
I'm finally going to feel like I'm special.
And you don't.