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Dan Lok Show

Are Rich People Happy?

Dan Lok Show

Dan Lok

Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.9825 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2020

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

When you ask are rich people happy, most people would say that money can’t buy you happiness. But that sentence is just an excuse. Other people use it to justify their lack of ambition. So, why not have both? Why not be happy and wealthy?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Have you heard of the saying that money doesn't buy happiness?

0:17.4

And I say neither does poverty.

0:19.7

You see, a lot of people, they like to make that connection.

0:22.7

Well, you know, I would rather be happy than rich or wealthy.

0:29.2

Or yeah, money is not that important.

0:32.2

Or that it's okay, like if we set a goal too high,

0:37.7

then we will get disappointed.

0:39.5

I don't know about other rich people,

0:41.6

but I have been rich and I've been poor,

0:44.2

and I could tell you, rich is a lot better.

0:47.5

Better to film my video in a luxury SUV than on a bicycle.

0:52.0

Boss on a bicycle would not look so good.

0:54.8

So what I'm talking about is, it has nothing to do with that.

0:58.1

If you are a happy person, money would make you happy.

1:01.6

It would give you more tools and more currency to do things to make an impact.

1:06.8

If you are a sad, depressed, miserable person, more money will make you depressed, sad, and more miserable.

1:13.6

It has nothing to do with each other.

1:15.6

People like to use that as an excuse

1:17.6

to justify their failures,

1:19.6

to justify their lack of ambition.

1:21.6

And they say, well, you know what,

1:23.6

I just want to be okay,

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