Wealth & Happiness

You could be the wealthiest person in the world and still feel unhappy. Money and success aren’t at the root of happiness, but these tools can be leveraged to enhance your purpose and elevate the meaning you experience in life.

Your natural money mindset might be to accumulate as much money as possible, but tales of even the wealthiest individuals tell us wealth isn’t the end all, be all.

Life Fulfillment = Time + Health + Money. That’s the equation you need for maximizing life’s experiences, and in that particular order.

"If you could speak to your 32-year-old self, what advice would you give?" This was the question author Sahil Bloom asked a group of 90-year-olds in honor of his 32nd birthday.

Investment guru Warren Buffett never let the media or opinions of others sway his investment decisions, and neither should you. Inevitable wealth is built by focusing on your behavior instead of the noise around you.

In today’s society, many of us measure progress through metrics to quantify our growth and overall life trajectory. Whether it’s a bank account total, salary, calories burned, leads brought in, etc., we always have a number to go by.

The gap between expectations and reality is where powerful emotion is felt, especially the larger we perceive that gap to be.

Have you reached your “cross-over point” of time and money? The perceptions you hold around the value around these two subjects will change throughout life, but there comes a point when you realize that time holds the most value.

Your expectations have enormous power in affecting the way you perceive life events. They influence your response to things that happen to you, especially in difficult situations.

According to Young Money author Jack Raines, the definition of opportunity cost is, “the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen.” It’s at the core of every decision you make, regardless of whether or not you’re consciously aware of it.

You might spend time planning for your financial future, making a better business decision or finding the perfect pair of shoes, but what about planning for your happiness?

We all have a tendency to control as much in our lives as possible. However, what if learning to not force things brought you closer to the life you desire?