If people cheat, it's because something other than the relationship is more important to them. It may be power over others. It may be validation thro… - Mark Manson

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If people cheat, it's because something other than the relationship is more important to them. It may be power over others. It may be validation through sex. It may be giving in to their own impulses.

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Mark Manson (born 9 March 1984) is an American self-help author, blogger and entrepreneur.

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A fixation on happiness inevitably amounts to a never-ending pursuit of “something else” — a new house, a new relationship, another child, another pay raise. And despite all of our sweat and strain, we end up feeling eerily similar to how we started: inadequate. Psychologists sometimes refer to this concept as the “hedonic treadmill”: the idea that we’re always working hard to change our life situation, but we actually never feel very different.

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