For most individuals, money is the acquisition of happiness

You’ve little question heard the saying, “Money doesn’t buy happiness.” It’s very likely that you simply heard it out of your parents or someone who wasn’t wealthy. The problem with this ideology is that it isn’t true.

Let’s have a look at a few of my research data on Rich Habits:

• 82% of the wealthy in my study said they were glad. 98% of poor people said they were unhappy.
• 87% of the rich in my study said they were glad of their marriage. According to my study, 53% of poor people said they were unhappy of their marriage.
• 92% of the rich in my study said they were glad because they were healthy. 22% of the poor in my study said they were unhappy due to their poor health.
• 95% of the rich in my study said they were glad because their children were doing well in life. 24% of the poor in my study said they were unhappy because their children weren’t doing well in life.
• 94% of the wealthy people in my study said they were glad because they liked what they did for a living. 85% of the poor in my study said they were unhappy because they didn’t like what they did for a living.
• 0% of the wealthy said they were unhappy about their funds, in comparison with 98% of the poor.

When you study these statistics like I did, you realize that wealth, or lack thereof, affects so many facets of your life.

Poverty results in general dissatisfaction, stress and anxiety. It also negatively affects your marriage, causes health problems and negatively affects your kids.

Looking on the flip side of my study, wealth creates a general feeling of happiness.

87% of the wealthy in my Rich Habits study said they were glad of their marriage.

The wealthy people in my study were too, which gave them a way of well-being. Because they were in a position to use their wealth to offer their children with a greater education, their children thrived in life and in addition felt glad.

So when someone says, “Money doesn’t buy happiness,” they’re expressing an ideology, not reality.

Being wealthy may not make you glad, however it definitely eliminates the persistent unhappiness that comes from poverty.