More Money Won’t Make You Happy, More Usefulness Is What You Need
Stop being blinded by money.
Money does not make you happy. It is a ready-made expression that comes up frequently. The full version even says this: money does not make you happy, but it is mandatory to have a chance to be happy in your life.
In reality, if money doesn’t make you happy, then the lack of money will make you unhappy.
You must therefore first seek to have enough money to cover your vital needs and enjoyable side effects. For this I refer you to concepts behind Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs:
Once your physiological needs are met, you will look to meet your personal needs. Once these needs are met, you will have new needs that will emerge. You will seek love and a sense of belonging to a community.
You will then enter into a quest to find out who you really are, and what your deepest desires are in life.
Once you have enough money so that money is no longer a problem for you, you will realize that money does not make you happy. You always lack something to be happy with.
That something you lack is a sense of purpose. Feeling useful to the world to which you belong will help you achieve the happiness we all aspire to.
Do you doubt what I just told you?
Look at the billionaires who founded the giants of the Web whether it’s Amazon, Google, or Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos continue to work hard even though they have more money than they will ever be able to spend.
Jeff Bezos is the richest man on the planet with a fortune exceeding $200 billion. He may never work again in his life. Yet, he continues to have ultra-ambitious projects with Amazon and Blue Origin.
His dream of colonizing space guides him and all his efforts are aimed at making it a reality. It’s the same with Elon Musk.
Money is important to them of course, but what is essential is to feel useful by adding value to the world they belong to.
That’s why Elon Musk multiplies projects, each one more ambitious than the other, to build a better world for the future.
Have you ever noticed what a majority of people who retire do?
They get involved in associations to bring something to other people. Or they spend their time taking care of their grandchildren.
Rarely do people decide to do nothing at all with their lives.
This sense of usefulness is the key to happiness. Those who don’t understand it will probably lead a superficial life thinking that material goods bring happiness.
In conclusion, keep in mind that happiness can only be achieved with a careful balance between money and usefulness. Experience teaches us all this. If you really want to be happy in your life, you should therefore seek more usefulness rather than making always more money.
Some reading:
Reading Failure Stories Is Much More Important Than Just Reading Success Stories: You learn a lot more from failure stories.
Adapt or Die: LeBron James’ Success in the NBA Is the Result of a Constant Evolution of His Game: LeBron James must serve as an example.
Everything Changed in My Life the Day I Became a Giver Rather Than Just a Taker: It is up to you to choose to help others.