A recent report from UBS Wealth Management found that people with more money are generally happy, which probably doesn’t come as much of a shock. “I would say that millionaires in general are very happy,” said Paula Polito, chief client strategy officer at UBS Wealth Management Americas. “I wouldn’t confuse happiness with contentment or satisfaction or achievement.”
The UBS report found that satisfaction rose in line with wealth: 73 percent of those with $1 million to $2 million, 78 percent of those with $2 million to $5 million and 85 percent of those with over $5 million reported that they were “highly satisfied” with life.
What piqued my curiosity was how conflicted the report’s respondents seemed to be about the source of their wealth. They often have jobs that entail long hours, high pressure and working vacations.
The New York Times’ Paul Sullivan sets out to find millionaires who are being mindful of how they spend their money, living frugally and maximizing life-satisfaction in more meaningful ways.
Nearly a century ago, Bertrand Russell famously admonished in contemplating the conquest of happiness: “What will be the good of the conquest of leisure and health, if no one remembers how to use them?”
There is, of course, Alan Watts’s timeless question: “What would you do if money was no object?”
(via explore-blog)
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