Money and material possessions isn't the root of happiness.
Topic: Millionaire leaves message on the key to happiness on a bank receipt... - page 2. (Read 8493 times)
September 30, 2012, 06:57:45 PM
Money and material possessions isn't the root of happiness.
September 30, 2012, 06:47:04 PM
A lot of research has shown that below a certain line of income money buys a lot of happiness. It's the same happiness that's experienced when a smoker staves off withdrawal symptoms by toking another cigarette, or a coffee drinker by drinking another cup. On the other end of the scale, beyond a certain point, more money buys less and less happiness, as it starts bringing its own problems (fear of loss, etc). Google is bursting with articles on this topic.
Admittedly the guy said his secret to happiness was freedom, and money buys it for him, so I guess one couldn't be too hard on him. I think most people would be made happy by the prospect of freedom, but imo it's overcoming the challenge that matters more. Perhaps that money was fairly newly acquired for him, or it was incredibly difficult for him to attain.
Admittedly the guy said his secret to happiness was freedom, and money buys it for him, so I guess one couldn't be too hard on him. I think most people would be made happy by the prospect of freedom, but imo it's overcoming the challenge that matters more. Perhaps that money was fairly newly acquired for him, or it was incredibly difficult for him to attain.
September 28, 2012, 04:20:27 PM
HAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAH
That is NOT freedom. I'll tell you from experience money is NOT freedom in the slightest. It controls you, not the other way around.
Who told him this lie? And why did he believe it?
Once you have money it looses it's sparkle, don't it. That is NOT freedom. I'll tell you from experience money is NOT freedom in the slightest. It controls you, not the other way around.
Who told him this lie? And why did he believe it?
Remember when you wanted that toy as a kid when you finally got it, it was cool for a few days/weeks then got bored of it?
Money just sparks more stupid greed. Human are never satisfied.
September 28, 2012, 04:19:28 PM
HAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAH
That is NOT freedom. I'll tell you from experience money is NOT freedom in the slightest. It controls you, not the other way around.
Who told him this lie? And why did he believe it?
Once you have money it looses it's sparkle, don't it. That is NOT freedom. I'll tell you from experience money is NOT freedom in the slightest. It controls you, not the other way around.
Who told him this lie? And why did he believe it?
September 28, 2012, 02:29:08 PM
HAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAH
That is NOT freedom. I'll tell you from experience money is NOT freedom in the slightest. It controls you, not the other way around.
Who told him this lie? And why did he believe it?
That is NOT freedom. I'll tell you from experience money is NOT freedom in the slightest. It controls you, not the other way around.
Who told him this lie? And why did he believe it?
September 28, 2012, 02:25:49 PM
They key to happiness is not really trying too hard in the first place..
September 27, 2012, 09:05:21 PM
Now, if only we can encourage kids to be more desensitized to everything and distracted from anything semi-important and pay attention to acquiring money as their only goal. If only there was some music that preached the same thing as that guys receipt.
Then the coming generations will be perfectly happy people.
Then the coming generations will be perfectly happy people.
September 27, 2012, 08:58:38 PM
Why is this man a douche? What is wrong with limiting your obligations until you can easily meet them?
Because that was only the secret to his happiness.
September 27, 2012, 08:33:06 PM
$12 million in a bank account? Hmm, one would have to be filthy filthy rich to justify that. Anything more than half a million at the most should be invested.
September 27, 2012, 11:58:17 AM
The bank account balance is an illusion due to fractional reserve banking. The balance is a liability on the bank's balance sheet but it is not backed up fully by reserves but illiquid loan asests. We all try to take our money out at once and learn that it is not there.
I'd never store so much money in a bank, even if it was a tiny fraction of my total wealth. I'd keep my money in a format that is not backed by debt which is owned by someone else.
I'd never store so much money in a bank, even if it was a tiny fraction of my total wealth. I'd keep my money in a format that is not backed by debt which is owned by someone else.
September 27, 2012, 11:51:05 AM
If I had a bank account with $12.5 million in cash I would feel free also. It's not unfounded. Money = more choices. Choices = freedom.
September 27, 2012, 11:48:31 AM
Email is just as technical as bitcoin, if not more so, but people use it all around the world.
September 27, 2012, 11:46:11 AM
Get excited and make stuff. That's how you beat the banksters.
That's not possible, I'm earning my money with confidence. I'm one of the rare people who found Bitcoins to spread my investments. But how to explain it to people without technological background?Who cares about non-technical people? And what makes you think I was specifically speaking about Bitcoin entrepreneurship? Find something awesome. Make it happen. Kickstarter. Makerbot. Makerspaces. Now is the age of the mini-industrialist. The (very real) problems you identified earlier are soon to be a thing of the past.
September 27, 2012, 11:38:44 AM
My, but you are jaded, aren't you? I speak of the small business owner, as well as the industrialist. Sam Walton, Dave Thomas, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, all these men started out small. Apple, for instance, started out in a garage.
Nice stories, but do you know them in full length? And are they really true, in the "garage"? Sounds nice, go and try also.Get excited and make stuff. That's how you beat the banksters.
That's not possible, I'm earning my money with confidence. I'm one of the rare people who found Bitcoins to spread my investments. But how to explain it to people without technological background? September 27, 2012, 11:27:44 AM
One mans freedom is another mans slavery. The receipt shows the selfishness and the egocentricity of the owner.
If money is slavery, the solution if to transfer the money to me. I'll gladly take it.
The questions for me are: Which way do you earn your money, and with way do you spend it. It tells a lot (if not all) about the owner.
September 27, 2012, 11:23:32 AM
Working hard means working hard for the rich, not for yourself, these times.
en·tre·pre·neur
noun
1. a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk.
I remind that a few decades before the boss of a company could become rich and end in the gutter after serious mistakes. And Today? Be a greasy guy gambling with other peoples money (John Paulson for example), and vanish with a big bonus after the crash. Let the crooks run (Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, for example) after making arrangements, that the normal people have to pay.
Enough for me with neo-liberalism.
My, but you are jaded, aren't you? I speak of the small business owner, as well as the industrialist. Sam Walton, Dave Thomas, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, all these men started out small. Apple, for instance, started out in a garage.
Get excited and make stuff. That's how you beat the banksters.
September 27, 2012, 11:20:43 AM
One mans freedom is another mans slavery. The receipt shows the selfishness and the egocentricity of the owner.
If money is slavery, the solution if to transfer the money to me. I'll gladly take it.
September 27, 2012, 11:02:25 AM
One mans freedom is another mans slavery. The receipt shows the selfishness and the egocentricity of the owner.
September 27, 2012, 10:58:22 AM
Working hard means working hard for the rich, not for yourself, these times.
en·tre·pre·neur
noun
1. a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk.
I remind that a few decades before the boss of a company could become rich and end in the gutter after serious mistakes. And Today? Be a greasy guy gambling with other peoples money (John Paulson for example), and vanish with a big bonus after the crash. Let the crooks run (Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, for example) after making arrangements, that the normal people have to pay.
Enough for me with neo-liberalism.
September 27, 2012, 10:53:00 AM
The bank account balance is freedom? Yes, freedom for the bank to take all your money and lose it.
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