h. Especially when I try to start a discussion about money. It's true. Money can't buy happiness. And having a lot of money certainly doesn't guarantee it. But I wouldn't say the lack of money has made everyone a whole lot happier! There probably is some relation between money and happiness, but it isn't direct. Michael Masterson put it very nicely in his book Automatic Wealth. He pointed out thaI don't want to be rich.
I'm not interested in money.
It's not my department, my wife's in charge of managing the finances. I just bring home the dough.
It's not my department. My husband's in charge of the money matters cos he earns the money. I like my job.
I have to keep working because I'm afraid I won't have enough money.
I'm too busy working and running a household to have time to bother with money matters.
These courses on how to make money are just scams.
The courses are too expensive.
Money doesn't buy you happiness.
Money doesn't buy you friends.
Money doesn't buy you health.

This are just a few samples of some of the comments I've received since starting my blog. And it's a free blog ! I've put up information I've learned from reading books, and attending courses. I've even summarized them for busy people. And I have no plans to charge anyone (except maybe if anyone clicks on a google ad, or buys one of the advertised products, I can earn a little bit) because I really do want to share what I've learned. So that started me thinking. I always thought people want to be rich. After all, there's this little saying " I've been poor, and I've been rich. I'd rather be rich." And people are always complaining about how there's never enough money to do everything or buy everything they want. There are plenty of get-rich-quick books around. And the internet's full of get-rich-quick ideas. So why all the responses that came back to me ?

Let's tackle the last few reasons first. I've heard that often enough. Especially when I try to start a discussion about money. It's true. Money can't buy happiness. And having a lot of money certainly doesn't guarantee it. But I wouldn't say the lack of money has made everyone a whole lot happier! There probably is some relation between money and happiness, but it isn't direct. Michael Masterson put it very nicely in his book Automatic Wealth. He pointed out tha

to have time to bother with money matters.
These courses on how to make money are just scams.
The courses are too expensive.
Money doesn't buy you happiness.
Money doesn't buy you friends.
Money doesn't buy you health.

This are just a few samples of some of the comments I've received since starting my blog. And it's a free blog ! I've put up information I've learned from reading books, and attending courses. I've even summarized them for busy people. And I have no plans to charge anyone (except maybe if anyone clicks on a google ad, or buys one of the advertised products, I can earn a little bit) because I really do want to share what I've learned. So that started me thinking. I always thought people want to be rich. After all, there's this little saying " I've been poor, and I've been rich. I'd rather be rich." And people are always complaining about how there's never enough money to do everything or buy everything they want. There are plenty of get-rich-quick books around. And the internet's full of get-rich-quick ideas. So why all the responses that came back to me ?

Let's tackle the last few reasons first. I've heard that often enough. Especially when I try to start a discussion about money. It's true. Money can't buy happiness. And having a lot of money certainly doesn't guarantee it. But I wouldn't say the lack of money has made everyone a whole lot happier! There probably is some relation between money and happiness, but it isn't direct. Michael Masterson put it very nicely in his book Automatic Wealth. He pointed out tha

arned from reading books, and attending courses. I've even summarized them for busy people. And I have no plans to charge anyone (except maybe if anyone clicks on a google ad, or buys one of the advertised products, I can earn a little bit) because I really do want to share what I've learned. So that started me thinking. I always thought people want to be rich. After all, there's this little saying " I've been poor, and I've been rich. I'd rather be rich." And people are always complaining about how there's never enough money to do everything or buy everything they want. There are plenty of get-rich-quick books around. And the internet's full of get-rich-quick ideas. So why all the responses that came back to me ?

Let's tackle the last few reasons first. I've heard that often enough. Especially when I try to start a discussion about money. It's true. Money can't buy happiness. And having a lot of money certainly doesn't guarantee it. But I wouldn't say the lack of money has made everyone a whole lot happier! There probably is some relation between money and happiness, but it isn't direct. Michael Masterson put it very nicely in his book Automatic Wealth. He pointed out tha

ng " I've been poor, and I've been rich. I'd rather be rich." And people are always complaining about how there's never enough money to do everything or buy everything they want. There are plenty of get-rich-quick books around. And the internet's full of get-rich-quick ideas. So why all the responses that came back to me ?

Let's tackle the last few reasons first. I've heard that often enough. Especially when I try to start a discussion about money. It's true. Money can't buy happiness. And having a lot of money certainly doesn't guarantee it. But I wouldn't say the lack of money has made everyone a whole lot happier! There probably is some relation between money and happiness, but it isn't direct. Michael Masterson put it very nicely in his book Automatic Wealth. He pointed out tha

h. Especially when I try to start a discussion about money. It's true. Money can't buy happiness. And having a lot of money certainly doesn't guarantee it. But I wouldn't say the lack of money has made everyone a whole lot happier! There probably is some relation between money and happiness, but it isn't direct. Michael Masterson put it very nicely in his book Automatic Wealth. He pointed out that people spend a lot of time thinking about how to become rich, or how nice it would be to be rich. But they don't do anything about it. And people also spend a lot of time doing things to make themselves happy. They buy nice cars and houses, and go on holidays, spend time at the movies, hang out at shopping malls, eat out with friends... But they aren't happy. In fact, they're kind of broke. And the money issue raises its ugly head again. His point was: it's not what you think that makes you rich. It's what you do. And it's not what you do that makes you happy. It's how you think!

What about money and friends or money and health? I've heard feel-good stories about how people find their true friends only when they become poor. Does that make being poor better? The true friends would still be there even if you were rich! You just have to learn to tell you true friends from those who hang out with you for your money. But these same people who claim that money can't buy friendship and hence choose not to be rich spend their time busy working for more pay or a promotion, leaving them with precious little time to spend with their friends and families. The argument holds true for health as well. Sure, it can't buy you health once you've lost it. But it can buy you better health care, medicines for treatment , if necessary. And what money can buy you is TIME. We all have 24 hours a day, rich or poor. Do we want to spend it slogging away at jobs we don't really like, stealing time away from our loved ones, time away from exercising and resting, the very things that will