Comments on: Why Rich People Really Aren’t Happier

By: HillHill

HillHill — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:07:51 +0000

I make $30,000 a year in customer service, but I am relatively young, healthy, have a great spouse, a few good friends and a nice extended family. I can’t afford much, but what I have I really take good care of and enjoy. I also have very little debt. I would not trade in what I do have for more money. For example what good is a 1M if your health is failing, you’re in chronic pain, are lonely and constantly stressed out at your job 24/7? I would rather worry about a few bills than such problems. Sometimes we just have to count our blessings and appreciate what we do have…

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By: Jose Lenin Pineda

Jose Lenin Pineda — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:38:50 +0000

A good, thought-provoking article. I come down on the side of being rich is better. In fact, Wallace Wattles summed it up for me about a hundred years ago in the first paragraph of his book “The Science of Getting Rich”
http://josepineda.net

By: tara

tara — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:51:48 +0000

ill take knowledge over money any time!

By: Ben Newman

Ben Newman — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:59:15 +0000

This article is utterly nonsensical! Of course money does alleviate a lot of your problems. If money doesn’t make that much of a difference, then why do people who already own more than enough still viciously persist in making even more (exponentially)??

Do not let this article discourage you from chasing money; Squeeze every last penny out of the rich. The age of limited information (via the elite TV) is simply over! We have the internet. We’ve been indoctrinated into the capitalist system so there’s no turning back now. Get rich *by all means* or die Trying!

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By: GG

GG — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:15:36 +0000

It’s one reason I’ve calculated and set a fixed dollar limit (inflation adjusted) on when to stop worrying about the rat race and all the little stuff. If I ever hit that particular wealth level, I’ll take a sharp turn and pull out my list of all the things I always wanted to do.

That should keep me fairly occupied for a couple of years or decades, while making sure I don’t fall into the “keep accumulating for its own sake”.

In the meantime, it gives me a fixed goal to aim for.

By: Derik

Derik — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:35:31 +0000

Happiness is based upon internal conditions, not external conditions such as money. As Abe Lincoln once said, “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

By: DDD

DDD — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:50:41 +0000

i once had a dream that I was wealthy and was very happy with it, then i woke and was depressed by my non-existent loss

By: Noah

Noah — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:18:10 +0000

More people just need to get into the mindset of, “What do I really need to be happy.” You can earn a very small amount and still live a pretty great life if you move to the right area. Doesn’t even take 50k a year. Then again, I suppose that doesn’t really fit with the overall statement that even rich people are miserable…

By: Wiggles

Wiggles — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:23:24 +0000

Your argument of anecdotal evidence, opinion, and personal experience feels a lot like an inflatable toy hammer being rapped against a brick wall of empirical research and academic study. As much as I would enjoy lording over you with a long winded thesis about the depth of your ignorance, it would not solve the problem and you would continue on as you always have, if perhaps with a slightly injured ego.

My best compliments, and would you please fall into a well and break something important.

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By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:29:22 +0000

Money is a resource, not a tool. And I especially like the reference about driving my mom to your -room-. When you get out of your parents house, maybe you can give an opinion about money.

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