It is wrong expectation to expect that getting into a certain place, getting a raise, finding our dream partner, is responsible for our happiness.

错误的期望认为进入某间公司，获得升职，找到理想的伴侣，就能让自己更快乐。

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And it works on the principle of trying to figure out how to make your way through the world, how to satisfy your pleasures or, in some cases, how to give up on them.

它试图在现实中找到,满足本我要求的方法，找到追求快乐的方法,有时是去找寻放弃的方法。

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