We often hear that money brings happiness. Is this really the case, or is money just an idea and absolutely nothing more? As long as you have money, of course you can afford everything you want. However, psychological research shows that financial wealth is not always the key to happiness.
Rich people live exactly the same as ordinary average citizens. Psychologist dr. In his research, Mark Travers found that the rich, like us, work for money to support their families. But they can afford all the material goods of this world.
But for the basic sense of satisfaction such short-term material boosters lose their mission. In certain circumstances, the constant availability of material resources can reduce the feeling that certain things in life can be special. People's lives and objects, in abundance of materiality, can be lost its magic.
As it turned out after the analysis, the super-rich organize their lives similarly to "ordinary people". According to the observations, there are two important differences, which according to psychologist Travers are the key facts why millionaires are often happier than the average person:
- They spend more time in active activities such as volunteering, various sports activities, socializing a lot and not living a passive life watching TV and not spending the afternoon on the sofa.
- They mostly work in the workplaces where they are to their own bosses.
A case of two promoters of happiness, which somehow have no effect on the inflow of financial resources. At least one of the factors can be created and adapted to your life. It may be true that you cannot become your own boss due to the nature of the work, but you have a job where you have a kind of responsibility and creative freedom that can make you happy.
All of this can encourage you and boost your confidence and happiness. When you achieve inner joy, you may find that a fashionably high account balance doesn't make you happy. In fact, it is bad if you see money as a substitute for inner satisfaction.
