How to respond - "Money doesn't buy happiness."

[theag]

When Im building and landscaping golf courses, I love to buy beautiful trees. Sometimes, though, those trees arent in nurseries; sometimes they are in a persons backyard. I'll be driving down the highway, see a great tree, and ask my limo driver to pull over. I'll knock on the door. Usually, a woman will answer the door, and Ill say, "Hi, lady. I'd love to buy your tree." She'll say, "Oh my god! Its Donald Trump! I cant believe this is happening!" And then I'll tell here that I'm building a golf course nearby, like the one I'm building in Los Angeles right along the Pacific Ocean. Usually, I'll get the tree. I've bought a lot of great trees that way, and those trees can be found all over the country at my golf courses. Money can't buy happiness, but it sure as hell can buy some great trees.

- Donald Trump

 

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[andviv]

Money can't buy happiness, but it sure as hell can buy some great trees.

Love it!

 

[andyredsox]

I don't.

You are wasting your time.

It is like telling an atheist that god exists, or to a believer, that god does not exist. You can't convince them.

I honestly think you can't change people's beliefs when related to subjective things/feelings.

They have to come to that realization on their own.

I personally like this!

You can be as rich as you can be but still unhappy. It's all about proper mind tuning.

People who are broke can be happy too!

So to be happy, you need to condition yourself to be one- rich or broke!

 

[P789]

Then go on. This is what you think right?

Or

Does being poor make you happy?

 

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[Kevin88660]

Awesome! Sounds like Jordan "The Wolf of Wall Street" Belfort.

The context is in the 80s when people were recovering from the 60s and 70s where people chasing money were somewhat looked down upon.

No today seriously believes in “money don’t buy happiness”.

People today just google search “How do I make money”.

 

[Pinnacle]

Money doesn't buy happiness for those who have no concept of what makes them happy.

I don't hide the fact that I want an opulent lifestyle. That desire became uncool years ago, but that changes nothing for me because it's not about anyone but me. No one on this forum will know about it when I achieve it, I'm not sharing it on social media, I don't need to brag about it to my friends.

Moreover, money enhances your ability to enjoy experiences, not things.

If I want to drive a 2002 Pontiac Firebird rather than a 1996 Toyota Corolla it is because the experience of driving the Firebird, parking it at a drive-in theatre, storing the T-tops in the trunk, or being able to squeeze into the bucket seats in the back are what make me happy.

 

[Kung Fu Steve]

I was in a meeting the other day and heard this beauty:

"Anyone who says money doesn't buy happiness hasn't given enough of it away yet."

 

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[WillHurtDontCare]

The purpose of life isn't happiness.

The people who say things like that are almost always losers who are trying to cope with the fact that they are bad at making money.

The real value of money is the power that it gives you over your own life, not in its ability to improve your ability to consume. It's not about stuff, it's about power.

 

[j0elsuf]

The only thing money really does is give you options.

Whether that makes anyone happy or not is really up to the individual.

For me, money wouldn't directly make me happy, but it would give me options and more options would improve my mental state a bit.

Also, a lot of people don't really know what true happiness is. Most of them just feel meh most of the time and they "settle" for feeling meh.

Would more money bring them out of "meh?"

Probably not. But it might.

I know more money would help me a bit. But it definitely wouldn't radically change my life. It would just get me out of the debt I'm in and give me more options in terms of where to eat, what to eat, what healthcare I can get, where I can live/travel, etc. These options would make me feel pretty good but wouldn't make me feel completely happy however.

 

[ygtrhos]

They are right. Money is not happiness.

Many people are happy without money. Go to the slums of India. People are quite happy there, because of the community sense.

What money buys is DIGNITY. You do not have to bend your will to someone else's for money.

Another argument is: 'Money is the most important thing for anything it can buy.'

 

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[Deleted50669]

They are right. Money is not happiness.

Many people are happy without money. Go to the slums of India. People are quite happy there, because of the community sense.

What money buys is DIGNITY. You do not have to bend your will to someone else's for money.

Another argument is: 'Money is the most important thing for anything it can buy.'

Money doesn't buy happiness, but it's damn good at preventing misery.