Dialed In For Success Episode 14—The Arrival Fallacy

Show Notes

I first heard of the arrival fallacy on the Internet Business Mastery podcast

Comes from the book Happier by Tal-Ben Shahar

The Arrival Fallacy—“The false belief that reaching a valued destination can sustain happiness (p.25)

As you get closer to the event, you adapt to your environment and return to your happiness setpoint

CORRECTION: at 3:30 into the podcast, I reference Jim Belushi as an example of the arrival fallacy. In fact, I meant to reference his brother John Belushi. Jim Belushi is alive and well.

Types of Arrival fallacies

• The Happiness Arrival Fallacy: I’ll be happy when….
  • Something has to happen before I will give myself permission to be happy
• The Readiness Arrival Fallacy: I’ll be ready when…
  • Something has to happen in order for me to feel worthy of having something in my life
• The Enlightenment Arrival Fallacy: I’ll understand when…
  • Something has to happen before I can be a better person or live life by higher values

Source: Venkatesh Rao Live Life, Not Projects

http://www.tempobook.com/2012/02/20/live-life-not-projects/

All arrival fallacies are based on the idea that whatever you want to experience comes from outside yourself.

The decision to be happy or ready or enlightened is determined by a decision to have that in your life.

Take-Away

Make a decision to be happy or ready or enlightened. Regardless of what you want in your life, make a decision to have it today.

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