How Money Can Buy Happiness

money can definitely buy you happiness when you're poor people who tell you otherwise are kidding you can even buy it when you're rich but that's a bit more difficult basically if you think money can't buy happiness you probably don't have enough of it or you're spending it poorly let us explain welcome to alux.com the place where future billionaires come to get inspired here's what most people get wrong money shouldn't be emotional but the lack of it can cause emotional pain it's hard to be happy when your child is starving it's hard to be happy when

you're in debt and you've just been fired the truth is if you think money will make you happy then you're probably right if you think money will not make you happy you're probably right as well because money solves some money problems and many of life's problems happen to be money problems if happiness is the outcome of peace as long as you have money problems on your hands your mind or soul cannot sustain happiness there are two different kinds of happiness in existence momentary happiness like when your dog licks your face or the state of happiness

such as when you're in a loving relationship you're healthy you live in a comfortable home and reality is positively predictable differentiating between the two is crucial most people confuse happiness with pleasure and if pleasure is what you're after wealth is absolutely the best vehicle for that money can always buy pleasure but there are diminishing returns to that transaction the first bite of chocolate is always the best one the more and more chocolate you eat the less delicious the chocolate becomes if you keep on going you'll eventually be sick and your body will reject it the

more you think about it the more you realize there's no such thing you can do over and over again and get the same kind of happiness return indulging in pleasure generates the momentary happiness we were speaking about earlier it's like a shot of happiness you experience it when you buy something you really want or when you get a text from your crush your brain floods with endorphins and you feel warm and excited on the inside but that's not why you're watching this video you're not after the surface level happiness you want the real deal the

true deep stuff well money can definitely get you really close to it and even open the door for you to finally take that step on your own here's why that is the purpose of wealth is to make life less shitty for as long as you live remember why you're earning money in the first place it might not be a direct purchase of happiness but it sure as hell protects you from all of these sources of unhappiness money protects the people that make you happy picture a parent with a child suffering from a rare disease this

parent would give anything for their child to be cured of the illness what if you had the money to be able to afford the surgery and now you can enjoy seeing your child grow up to be an amazing adult does that constitute us happiness we think so you see alexers it's not the number on your banking app or how high the stack of dollar bills is but it's the effect that money can have on your reality when you use it wisely if there was ever a smart way to buy happiness directly we're about to share

with you the ultimate secret money doesn't buy happiness but it allows you to give it away take a moment to think about that happiness is contagious when other people are happy their happiness rubs off onto us if this is true and based on personal experiences it is then the happiness hack that you've been waiting for your entire life is as follows make other people happy and you will be happy yourself it's that simple we call it the happiness arbitrage and it shouldn't be confused with having a responsibility to make anybody happy no one is responsible

for anyone else's happiness but themselves but you can definitely help if something costs you a little but generates plenty of happiness in other people you should always make that trade because the overall happiness in the world increases taking 10 minutes to call your grandma will make her entire day so you should always make that trade this is why people subscribe to our channel and so should you subscribe and call your grandma afterwards you know what's a great metaphor for life money can always buy you ice cream and unless you drop it you'll always be pretty

happy to enjoy it but wait there's more to it there are three big things money can do for you that will add up to happiness money reduces intense stress and stress is one of the things we're fighting with the most today more money brings greater control we find trouble and fear uncertainty and doubt as humans we've evolved to be scared of the unknown of the darkness but money is a flashlight that leads to a predictable road ahead it gives the tools necessary to have a fighting chance and thirdly higher incomes lead to higher life satisfaction

at the top of maslow's hierarchy of needs you have esteem and self-actualization in society we judge others by how well they're able to navigate life based on their mastery of those needs since money can pretty much solve most of the levels on the pyramid of course we conclude that money can buy happiness there's even science to back this up in 2010 two nobel laureates in economics published a paper that created a title wave of interest both inside and outside academia it showed that money can buy happiness up to one hundred thousand dollars in yearly income

the original paper listed the benchmark between sixty to seventy thousand dollars but we had to adjust for inflation so after the one hundred thousand dollar per year mark money has little impact on your overall happiness money buys you comfort and comfort breeds happiness on its own if you know how to leverage it you see alexers money might be able to buy you a house but it's you that has to turn it into a home you might not realize it yet but the most important thing money can buy is time whenever someone says to us that

money can't buy happiness we respond with but it can buy us time with our kids it can buy you time with your partner it can buy you time with your parents the time you otherwise would have to trade in order to get money to pay for everything you need to be alive you only realize the value of buying time and its correlation to happiness after you've successfully done the trade once you see the power of money in the purchase of things that make your soul feel full you can never go back if you think that

money cannot buy happiness use your money to buy experiences for you and those you love experiences turn into memories and memories are the cornerstone of your happiness look back on the best memories of your life and a smile comes to your face we can draw happiness from our own past want to be long-term happy use the money to fill up your memory bank and you can always draw happiness from them this is the entire philosophy behind living a good life a life worth remembering happiness is a social thing and money can either make or break

social ties if you win the lottery and everybody you know comes begging for money the result is you'll be less happy one you either gave them your money and now you feel like you have less or two you say no and they resent you for it money only makes you happy when you're not selfish instead of spending it on yourself spend it on other people and see what happens but does that mean you need money to be happy that's definitely not the case but from a strategic perspective it's like playing the happiness game on hard

mode when you have the option not to it's easier to solve money than to survive happily without any material needs society doesn't help either we've structured society in such a way that despite living in the most abundant time in history it's really hard for most people to overcome their realities this is why we praise success and put it on a pedestal fortunately for everyone watching you have the resources needed at your fingertips to generate wealth for yourself due to the largest technological revolution humankind has ever seen we want you to be wealthy so you no

longer have to worry about money we want you to be wealthy so everyone around you is wealthier because of you the world rewards those who change it for the better by giving them wealth and if they choose it happiness too what do you think galuxers can money buy happiness share a personal story or insight you have on the topic in the comments that way other people in the community can learn directly from you and as for those of you watching until the very end of course there's a bonus waiting as long as you're chasing happiness

or money you will not find either okay listen carefully because this golden nugget might just be the key to the happiness you were searching for the flower doesn't worry itself over the bee it simply blossoms and the bee comes and it's the same with life wealth or happiness albert camus put it elegantly when he said you will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of you will never be happy if you are looking for the meaning of life you don't piece together a makeshift version of wealth or happiness instead become

the person worthy of happiness or worthy of wealth be the person who generates a wealth for others and you will be wealthy yourself be the person who makes other people happy and you will be happy yourself the game is simple hey luxers it's just that most people are playing it wrong next sunday we're doing a special video on the game of life and how to win it from an actionable perspective we're already working on it if this video inspired you and you think you have a real shot at happiness make sure to write the word

happy in the comments that way we know which ones of you are on the right track stay blessed deluxers you