Money and Happiness in the Modern World—What Science Really Reveals

Learn to measure your net happiness as well as your net worth to live a truly wealthy life.

The Enduring Question: Can a Certain Amount of Money Buy Happiness?

You’ve heard the old sayings:

• "Money won’t buy you happiness."

• "Money may not buy happiness, but it will rent it for a while."

• "Money isn’t everything—unless you don’t have any, and then it’s the only thing."

And honestly? They’re all true... sometimes. Over the years, I’ve chased money, found fulfillment, lost both, and regained balance again. For more than 25 years, I have set goals, pursued them, overcome adversity, accepted defeat, cherished victory, and ultimately grown from all of it, only to recognize that I have the desire to unlock more growth in myself, with the years I have left.

If you’re anything like me (and I know many of you are), you’ve probably wrestled with the same question: What’s the real connection between wealth, achievement, and happiness?

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