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Compare different approaches
Does Happiness Drive Success or Follow It
One side
Happiness comes first and produces success: positive emotion broadens capacity and fuels achievement (authentic happiness, the how of happiness, give and take)
The other
Accomplishment and achievement are their own route to well-being — mastering hard things builds a life worth living (flourish, grit)
How to choose. Causal direction between well-being and success/performance: happiness-first books (“The Happiness Equation”, “The Happiness Equation”, give_and_take) argue happiness produces success, whereas achievement-centric framings treat success/accomplishment as a route to well-being.