Yesterday I shared a little $20 challenge that I’m giving myself this week – to give away $20. I shared the challenge on social media and got a load of great feedback from both people who are joining the challenge and people who’ve done similar things before.
One person (Joel Turner on G+) pointed me to a TED video that I’ve posted below. In the video Michael Norton shares some research that takes on the saying ‘Money Can’t Buy You Happiness’. It turns out that Money can in fact buy happiness – if you spend it on the right thing… others.
Check it out for yourself and join our $20 Challenge and come back and tell us what you find!
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There is no greater feeling then giving someone something that makes them feel better and brings a smile to their face. The feeling you get cannot replicated
Anyone remember a sitcom “Friends”?
In one episode Joey accepted a job in a charity event, because to get some TV exposure for himself.
Pheobe insisted this is a bad way to do charity, becaue it is selfish, but Joey declared that there is no good cause, that would not be selfish.
In the end of the episode, Pheobe donated money to the event, and, after disvcovering her donation allowe Joey to appear on screen, she said she’s so happy, thus admitting she was not able to find a good job, that is not selfish.
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P.S. i was involved in a minor good cause earlier this year, and even now, when I saw this video, I remebered it, and it made me feel happy again, after almost a half year.
“Money can in fact buy happiness – if you spend it on the right thing… others”
The latter half of that sentence is key – spending money on the right things or on others. There are indeed two sides to a coin and this applies to money as well. If put into good use, it can have tremendous effect on other people’s lives or our surroundings.
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“You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want”.
I just loved this! How to use money to make yourself happy: spend it on something that can make a difference in at least one person’s life!