Interesting charts looking at differences in Goals, and Self-Reported Happiness.
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Source:
American Express Publishing and Harrison Group
The 2012 Survey of Affluence and Wealth in America
Press Webinar, May 9, 2012
Category: Psychology
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happiness arises from a good attitude. it has nothing to do with the things in the list. Happiness and satisfaction are different.
In other news…Money won’t buy happiness, but it sure helps…no shit Sherlock!
What happened to create more jobs? Or is that the supply side of seeing more of the world?
The top 1% (really the top 1% of the top 1%) are delicate flowers – they need to be in the “mood” to create jobs, we should applaud these results. – Sarcasm
http://doonesbury.slate.com/strip/archive/2012/05/17
http://doonesbury.slate.com/strip/archive/2012/05/18
http://doonesbury.slate.com/strip/archive/2012/05/19
Wow, if this qualifies as “research” then there should be a study of the flock of winged monkeys scheduled to fly out of my arse tomorrow at 4:20. Whoever commissioned this tripe should be treated to a swift punch in the neck by Floyd Mayweather or Fiddy Cent.
Myth #1 Money can’t buy me love.
Myth #2 Rich people are unhappy
Myth #3 It’s lonely at the top.
Myth #4 Money doesn’t matter.
Myth #5 There is no real difference between me and Bill Gates or Warren Buffet or …
Myth #5 Driving a Ferrari through Paris with the top down is overrated.
Myth #6 You don’t need to be able to count to become rich.
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Dan10400,
They’ve been doing it for the last ten years so much during the Bush temporary tax cuts, they need a holiday.
Wait… so money does buy happiness? Or does not having it make you sad? Is that the same thing? These survey results can be so hard to understand… ;-)
P.S. Did I see that nearly 30% of the ’1 Percenters’ have a goal of becoming more financially stable in the coming year? Really?? What’s the definition of “stable”?
Noise, not signal. Khanneman shows us that so much depends on how you ask the question. Nobody does these studies carefully enough. Collect some data and shake it up until you get something that tells a slightly counter intuitive story, make a few info graphics and hopefully you’ll get an invitation to do a TED talk.
Of course.. money can buy happiness…contrary to popular belief.. It depends on how you would spend it…
Interesting talk by Michael Norton..
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/michael_norton_how_to_buy_happiness.html
- Ahjay
Each group trends exactly the same, except for 90%’s are less happy about the success in their jobs. Otherwise it seems everyone is less satisfied in their jobs than their personal life. And the first chart, interesting thing that came to mind when I looked at that is the first four address “needs” and the last two address “wants.” So 1%’s have addressed their needs to the point they can afford to do their “wants” with little implication to their risk. Besides that, it’s just kind of “jokey” to me cause really what does “stable” even mean? It means something different to everyone… “net worth doesn’t fluctuate?, income doesn’t change relative to outlays, etc)
The LA Times ran an obit this morning for Terry Martin, who had shaped surfboards for 50 years. He was well respected by his peers, and, at the same time, was willing to help kids learn the art of shaping. Money quote, “‘I had just as much fun this morning as I did when I started,” he told the Surfer’s Journal in 2005.”