Money and happiness, which are two things that a lot of us spend a lot of our time thinking about, either trying to earn them or trying to increase them. And a lot of us resonate with this phrase. So we see it in religions and self-help books, that money can't buy happiness.
But Michael Norton told us that's wrong. He thought that we were actually just not spending it right, and he then shared us the ways that we could spend money that would make us happier. So that instead of spending it the way you usually spend it, maybe if you spent it differently, that might work a little bit better.
Most of us want to be the rich, and they are trying to earn more money, but so many stories showed that money makes people feel unhappy. For example, almost are dreaming about being rich after they are waking up in the next morning. It seems winng the lottery is a good way to make them rich and happy, but what happens to people when they win the lottery.
A survey from CNN turns out people think when they win the lottery their lives are going to be amazing. This article's about how their lives get ruined. So what happens when people win the lottery is, number one, they spend all the money and go into debt, and number two, all of their friends and everyone they've ever met find them and bug them for money.
But what would happen if we made people spend more of their money on other people. So instead of being antisocial with your money, what if you were a little more prosocial with your money? It is abvious that the secret to buy happiness is to benefit other people.
Less about "How can I spend money on myself?" and more about "If I've got some dollars, what can I do to benefit other people?" Because ultimately when you do that, you'll find that you'll benefit yourself much more.
As the old proverb goes, One for All, All for One. People who spent money on others got happier; people who spent it on themselves, nothing happened. It didn't make them less happy, it just didn't do much for them.
Day74 How to Buy Happiness
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