# How to Be Happier Tomorrow Than You Are Today | Mark Kasdorf

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Podcast: [In The Arena With DoorTwo](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-the-arena-with-doortwo-7549574)
Published: 2026-03-31T11:05:00+00:00
Episode link: https://doortwo.com/podcasts/in-the-arena/
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Duration seconds: 3615

## Resource

What if the things you're chasing are actually making you LESS happy, and you've designed it that way without realizing it? Mark Kasdorf bootstrapped a mobile software company into a $25M acquisition by Accenture. Then he walked away from the corner office to start over, this time building Forge, a company tackling the skilled trades labor shortage. But the most interesting thing about Mark isn't what he's built. It's how deliberately he's designed his life around it. This conversation covers Mark's framework for happiness: why he believes all desire is suffering, how he and his wife run biweekly sprint planning sessions for their marriage, the end-of-year calendar audit that changed how he spends his time, and why he thinks most high performers are great at setting goals but terrible at being honest about where they actually are. Then the conversation takes a sharp turn into AI. From vibe coding to an open-source tool called OpenClaw that controlled his home speakers, wrote messages on his living room display, and started talking to him through his Sonos. All without being told how. This is one of those episodes where you'll want to pause and rethink a few things. Connect with DoorTwo: Website : https://doortwo.com LinkedIn : https://linkedin.com/company/doortwo

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