We are living in the greatest period in human history, a period of massive technological

and economic advancement.

Never in our history have we been so close to a world where we can live truly free and

independent lives.

But here's the thing, there are those with money, power and influence who would rather see

you dependent on them and the system they created, a system designed to keep you comfortable,

apathetic and distracted.

We believe the road to true independence doesn't come through political elections or senseless

regulation, but rather in maximizing the empowerment of the individual.

If you feel the same way they get ready, my name is Jason Stapleton.

Welcome to Wealth, Power and Influence.

All the back everybody, happy Friday to you, glad you're here, glad you are choosing

to spend your Friday with us, I'm an interesting subject today.

We could have talked about a lot of things, there's some economic news in the Mises Institute

wrote a little bit about inflation and deflation and I thought about well okay, maybe I can

break this article out and talk to you guys so you guys have a little deeper understanding

of the risk of inflation over deflation and it would have been a heavy and weighty subject

for a Friday and I thought, let's talk about something that I've been thinking about a lot

as we all do, I think, and that's what does it mean, what is happiness, how do we become

happier?

I don't write, I think that when it comes to, I think if people said, well, would you rather

be richer, happy, I mean, when people ask me that, I say, I refuse to choose, I will

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