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H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.

Happiness

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Achieving success means obtaining the things or goals you desire, while happiness depends on feeling content and satisfied with those things once you have them. In other words, success focuses on external accomplishments, whereas happiness is about internal acceptance and enjoyment of the results.

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