Arthur C. Brooks has covered this paradox in his work on the science of happiness, citing some research that shows when you ask people at any level of income how much more they would need to make to “be happy” the average answer is 40% more. I don’t know if they dug deeper into why it lands at 40%, but that’s always stuck with me and helped shift my mindset around the issue of financial security.
This is a powerful meditation on being human in a neoliberal world, and a potentially transformative application of mindfulness. Thank you for sharing!
The part about survival is also interesting because that often also has little to do with the numbers. If you grew up feeling unsafe and still feel unsafe you will always feel like your fighting for survival when you're very safe. Or as safe as is possible.
I do like your truth (reference to Morgan Hounsel) and I like that you mention that for many of us money is about survival. Beyond this point it looks different. On one hand you can count the money and your net worth to the last penny and on the other hand it’s how you feel about it. Or?
And isn’t it a deadly thing when you start comparing yourself to others when your own downfall starts? And is all that connected how you feel about yourself? Your self-worth, not net-worth ;-)
Servus
Arne
P.S.: Love your loving-kindness practice offering – the antidote to anxiety.
Arthur C. Brooks has covered this paradox in his work on the science of happiness, citing some research that shows when you ask people at any level of income how much more they would need to make to “be happy” the average answer is 40% more. I don’t know if they dug deeper into why it lands at 40%, but that’s always stuck with me and helped shift my mindset around the issue of financial security.
Yes, freedom. 🥰
This is a powerful meditation on being human in a neoliberal world, and a potentially transformative application of mindfulness. Thank you for sharing!
The part about survival is also interesting because that often also has little to do with the numbers. If you grew up feeling unsafe and still feel unsafe you will always feel like your fighting for survival when you're very safe. Or as safe as is possible.
Dear Dan,
I do like your truth (reference to Morgan Hounsel) and I like that you mention that for many of us money is about survival. Beyond this point it looks different. On one hand you can count the money and your net worth to the last penny and on the other hand it’s how you feel about it. Or?
And isn’t it a deadly thing when you start comparing yourself to others when your own downfall starts? And is all that connected how you feel about yourself? Your self-worth, not net-worth ;-)
Servus
Arne
P.S.: Love your loving-kindness practice offering – the antidote to anxiety.