For the average family adjusted for inflation, their income has more than doubled over the last 70 years. What's happened to our time, on the other hand, barely looks like progress. We're now working from home means that there is absolutely no distinction whatsoever between work and home. And since controlling your time is such a key happiness driver and influencer, we should not be surprised people don't feel much happier in that situation.
The highest form of wealth is the ability to wake up every morning and say, “I can do whatever I want today.”
People want to become wealthier to make them happier. Happiness is a complicated subject because everyone’s different. But if there’s a common denominator in happiness -- a universal fuel of joy -- it’s that people want to control their lives.
The ability to do what you want, when you want, with who you want, for as long as you want, is priceless. It is the highest dividend money pays.