The larger meaning of life are questions relating to what you re are and how you fit in into the Grand Scheme of the Universe. These are questions that are hard to answer and require a lot of introspection.
The smaller meaning of life is a lot easier to attain because all you need is to understand your goals and ambitions.
The book talks about research done on children. Those kids who consider money as something indispensable had a higher income later in life and are generally happier than those who did not value money as much. Of course, those who valued money but did not achieve material success later in life are the most miserable of them all.
The surface advice from the book is that goals matter. Popular self-help supports the idea of SMART goals.
Scott Adams takes goals one step further and asks the questions of what ......