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Does Money Really Make You Happier?


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00:00:00.000 | "Your happiness doesn't increase after $70,000 a year."
00:00:02.880 | Well, and they kind of went through the data
00:00:04.180 | and get again and dug through it.
00:00:05.620 | And basically, happiness does keep increasing
00:00:08.120 | above $70,000 a year in income and with wealth, et cetera.
00:00:11.320 | They've looked at wealth and income.
00:00:12.620 | But the issue is you have to already be happy, right?
00:00:15.880 | If you're not a happy person,
00:00:17.060 | more money's not gonna make you happier.
00:00:18.460 | And that's what the original study found.
00:00:20.280 | But if you're happy and you're loving life,
00:00:21.900 | I'm telling you more money's
00:00:23.000 | gonna probably make you happier.
00:00:24.000 | Does that mean you need to chase it?
00:00:25.360 | No, I don't know why people are saying otherwise.
00:00:27.660 | I just don't wanna mislead people