New York City is ranked last in happiness. NYC is all about the Benjamins; all about “Cash is King”; and when the world changed, people became unhappy and angry. Money can’t buy happiness. This is so true.
Read this article in the New York Times. Click on the surveys within.
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Tags: Happiness, New York City, Ted Leonsis, Ted's Take
ted, you’re wrong. i take some of my money and buy my caps season tickets. that makes me happy…and you too! have a great holiday ted! looking forward to the caps in 2010.
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Hi,
Interesting thoughts! I believe it’s not possible to make a general statement on whether money makes people more or less happy.
Money comes with a whole set of new elements that may have good or bad impact on our happiness, and depending on how susceptible we are to every one of them, the conclusion will go one way or the other (i.e. different from person to person). I recently made an effort to provide a more comprehensive picture of what these ad- and disadvantages are. I invite you to have a
look at Money and
Happiness and tell me what you think!
Thank you, Nick
Your right money can’t buy happiness but hey at least at point in my life money could at least bring security.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. ~ Albert Schweitzer
Happiness it boils down to this simple equation:
Pleasure + flow + meaning = happiness
With this formula the fleeting and passing nature of pleasure sticks around for longer. By this I mean if you are really engaged, focuses and engaged in what you do then you’ll enter a state of flow. You know you’re in a state of flow because:
* are completely focused on the task at hand;
* forget about yourself, about others, about the world around you;
* lose track of time;
* feel happy and in control; and
* become creative and productive.
The meaning of your life has to come from within you, rather then it be imposed on you by others. This is what’s called living an authentic life. While we adapt quickly to more money and material possessions, it seems we adapt less quickly, if at all, to meaningful things. This is also a vital component of contentment, because essentially you are not connected to your innermost self.
Without that connection, it’s hard to feel a true meaning in some part of your life, and without the connection it’s hard to feel happiness, other than the transient pleasure from time to time as described earlier, that most of us have mistaken for real happiness.