Why Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness
Economists and psychologists—and the rest of us—have long wondered if more money would make us happier. Here's the answer:
This might sound odd coming from a personal-finance columnist. But the fact is, while it is comforting to be financially secure, money is no measure of self-worth, no guarantee of happiness -- and no reason to be impressed.
Having enough money is important, but having heaps of it doesn't guarantee happiness. Instead, what matters is doing something that you enjoy and that gives you a sense of purpose -- and I don't want my children to be deterred from doing just that.
"Psychologists have spent decades studying the relation between wealth and happiness," writes Harvard University psychologist Daniel Gilbert in his best-selling "Stumbling on Happiness," "and they have generally concluded that wealth increases human happiness when it lifts people out of abject poverty and into the middle class but that it does little to increase happiness thereafter."
read the full article here
This might sound odd coming from a personal-finance columnist. But the fact is, while it is comforting to be financially secure, money is no measure of self-worth, no guarantee of happiness -- and no reason to be impressed.
Having enough money is important, but having heaps of it doesn't guarantee happiness. Instead, what matters is doing something that you enjoy and that gives you a sense of purpose -- and I don't want my children to be deterred from doing just that.
"Psychologists have spent decades studying the relation between wealth and happiness," writes Harvard University psychologist Daniel Gilbert in his best-selling "Stumbling on Happiness," "and they have generally concluded that wealth increases human happiness when it lifts people out of abject poverty and into the middle class but that it does little to increase happiness thereafter."
read the full article here
Amazing Dance With One Leg
He dances better than I do even with one leg .
It always amazes me how adaptable us Humans are if we lose a limb, our sight or hearing!Wonderful just wonderful
It always amazes me how adaptable us Humans are if we lose a limb, our sight or hearing!Wonderful just wonderful
Enjoy amazing photos of nature
How Were These Amazing Photographs Even Possible?
Some photographs require astonishing skill; others require being in the exact right place at the exact right time. The ones below needed both. Take a moment from your day to appreciate the immense beauty that surrounds us, and enjoy these astounding photos!
Some photographs require astonishing skill; others require being in the exact right place at the exact right time. The ones below needed both. Take a moment from your day to appreciate the immense beauty that surrounds us, and enjoy these astounding photos!
Amazing pictures as 10,000 penguins come to shore to breed
It is one of the most extraordinary sights in nature:
more than 10,000 King Penguins standing shoulder to shoulder at St Andrew's bay on the island of South Georgia, preparing to breed.
The 3ft tall creatures — part of a colony of more than 100,000 on the Atlantic island close to Antarctica — create a living landscape of breathtaking scale and colour.
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more than 10,000 King Penguins standing shoulder to shoulder at St Andrew's bay on the island of South Georgia, preparing to breed.
The 3ft tall creatures — part of a colony of more than 100,000 on the Atlantic island close to Antarctica — create a living landscape of breathtaking scale and colour.
click to enlarge
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