Rainn Wilson
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Well, that's good.
Yes.
75-year study, 300 men, Harvard University, searching for what makes a good life.
all these data points, thousands of data points over the decades.
The final doctor overseeing the study, Dr. George Valent, I think there's a new one now, but he was before he says his final culmination was the only thing that really matters in life are your relationships to other people.
So
Wherever I went in the world and I saw people succeeding at well-being, at inspiration and happiness, contentment, they're connected to other people.
It's community.
It's all about community.
So Theodore Roosevelt said, a comparison is the thief of joy.
And if you are looking for joy, if you're looking for bliss, contentment, and self-acceptance, that's a good place to start.
Stop comparing yourself to others because you just don't know their circumstances.
You don't know your circumstances.
There were a lot of people that I was incredibly envious of early on in my career doing theater in New York.
Oh, it's something I've struggled with my whole life.
I mean, I've really let it go now, but...
And, you know, they had their moment in, let's say, New York theater in the 90s.
Broadway or whatever it is.
Yeah, exactly.
And then I've had my moment.