PT112 · S3 · Q18 It is said that people should

The author believes that a willingness to change is somewhat connected to being genuinely happy. But she never goes as far as saying that being wiling to change gives you better than 50% odds at finding genuine happiness. Willing to change is necessary, not likely sufficient.

Too Strong: cannot Out of Scope: genuine confidence The author thinks that genuine happiness is connected to the pursuit of personal excellence. She never talks about whether people achieve personal excellence, and there's no talk about having or lacking genuine confidence in your abilities (as opposed to fake confidence). Finally, this seems to be a little bit opposite of the author's thinking. She would rather that we live by the principle of not accepting ourselves (of lacking genuine confidence) because she's thinking this will more likely lead to us pursuing personal excellence / undergoing personal change.

The author is never talking about when people are justified in feeling content with themselves. Also, she seems to think that people will be happier if they are continually pursuing personal excellence, not accepting themselves as is. So it would sound kind of unlike our author to say, "As soon as you have any degree of excellence, you should feel content with yourself".

The ending of this really comes out of nowhere. Since this is a conditional answer, we can ask ourselves whether the author ever made the move it's describing: If happiness isn't based on something painful to obtain, then it's not genuine happiness. The author never talked about that. The author just said, If you're not pursuing personal excellence and not willing to undergo personal change, then you won't have genuine happiness.