Barry Schwartz in his TEDTalk is concluding that key to happiness is having low expectations in life. He supports this through providing examples such as having too many options in one’s life exceeds our expectation. With such expectations, we’ll always be less satisfied with our final choice as there are too many opportunities and options that can be better. We’ll end up blaming ourselves and feel terrible if we want everything to be perfect.
The article by Cory Stieg is concluding that money isn’t really the source of happiness. The premises are people with higher salary are not happy or happier than people with lower income. People feel comfortable and contented when their basic needs are there. After that, it’s really not the materialistic things or money itself but helping others, spending time with your loved ones, gaining experiences, things like these that really make you happy.
I believe money can guarantee happiness generally because there’s a cost to pay for everything. You can get rid of any discomfort. You need money to be able to help someone and have fun. Whether it’s temporary or permanent, you feel comfortable at your space and there are fewer things to be worried about. Money may not bring happiness to some but it surely doesn’t bring grief or sadness to anyone.
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the point you brought out about having low expectations in life being the key to happiness, is true because we are always expecting the best or expecting more than what the actual outcome is and when we don’t get the outcome we expected that’s when we are not satisfied and are unhappy with life and actually encourages others to not advance their progress slows down.
I agree with you! The link between money and happiness is complicated and has many different parts. Even though money can help get rid of some stresses and make life better, it may not be enough to make someone happy. When looking for happiness, it’s important to think about one’s own situation and values.
Tsering, I like your point of view, I believe people with money want more that can not have a happy life even though they could buy anything they want but in the end, their heart is empty. Sometimes they have a mansion, food, good car but at the time to go to bed they have an empty space and you see those poor people with no food, and a small house and they have someone next to them that loves them and care for them. Money is good but Happiness is not connected to being rich or poor. Money is just a short term of happiness and it only gives us pleasure.