"The bigger they are, the harder they fall." If you're smart you probably have bigger, more challenging goals, so chances of success aren't higher. Deliberatel

"The bigger they are, the harder they fall." If you're smart you probably have bigger, more challenging goals, so chances of success aren't higher. Deliberately setting goals lower might not help. Having a mindset which decouples happiness from goals would help, but people are generally not wired for that, evolution wanted us to push harder.