| Happiness & Money |
|
I recommend to my students to make a lot of money. It seems that human beings have problems with money. Most of human life seems to revolve around the getting of money or that which money brings, and when people have problems with money, they cut back. They say to themselves, well, we don't have as much as we used to so we'll have to cut back on the things that we enjoy. I don't think that is the answer. I don't think economizing is the answer. For example, the United States has an incredible national debt. Now, it's good to economize in the sense that waste is waste, that's obviously not the way to live, and you have to eliminate waste in your life, as the U.S. has to eliminate waste in its spending, so it isn't a deficit government. But the answer for the United States or the answer for an individual is to make more money. If the country is bringing in more momey than it's sending out, or even if it is at an even point, then there is balance. So if you're having problems with money, the answer isn't cutting back, I mean you have to have the things you have to have, anything else is an extra, it's an add-on, and maybe you need it, maybe you don't. Sometimes we get out of proportion and we think that we really need more than we need, because we think it will make us happy, and that's not true. But you do need whatever it is you need to work, to live, to function, at whatever level is appropriate to you. But the answer is to make more money. So I suggest to my students that they go into computer science, unless they have a better field, because it is the most lucrative of all fields. And to make absolutely a ton of money. - "Personal Happiness", The Enlightenment Series
|
| < Prev |
|---|