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[Jeonmunka]

Today I lay down on my bed and for no apparent reason got a contented and happy demeanour. I smiled and called to my son and he came and lay down with me.

Now, in my stressful jobless incomless period of time at present, with almost no furnishings not even a frig in my house, I find it very poignant that I can find happiness still. But, it is there regardless of materials.

I tried to explain this once to a bunch of graduates and a professor that the best thing of my day was not getting the samples and analyzing them but watching a father delight in his child even within his run-down house with broken windows.

I think we usually chase the wrong things in life. In doing so we often hurt ourselves. We easily get disatisfied with even all the good things we do have. Spouses fight because they want more income from each other etc... yet the answers lie within themselves. It may not be money that is blocking their happiness.

[The Happy Warrior]

As others have said previously, reputation is a better indicator of success than money.

But reputation and money correlate so closely in Korea and China, don't they?

[VanIslander]

i have a korean friend who won't go see his 11 year old son (who lives with the ex-wife) because he says he doesn't have a lot of money. He hasn't seen his son for five years and says it will be a few more years before he can get his business off the ground and make some money.

I told him an 11 year doesn't give a damn about how much his father makes, he just wants to see his dad! I was told I don't understand Koreans. I told him I may not understand HIS sense of pride, but I was pretty sure how the 11 year old boy felt: miserable and missing his dad.

*beep* up values, this modern $$$-status world my korean friend's head lives in

[mises]

[VanIslander]

[mises]

[young_clinton]

[Privateer]

[austinchauncey]

[Sergio Stefanuto]

[austinchauncey]

You're right. Importance is subjective as is success in general. Success to me means doing a good job in life... which is also subjective. To me, Bill Gates is a success yet Donald Trump is not. Audrey Hepburn yes, Marilyn Monroe not-so-much. Betty Ford and Eleanor Roosevelt are, but Laura Bush and Jackie O aren't. Our values dictate our perceptions of success.

Remember that not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted. Social scientists or whoever came up with this experiment need to accept that. Money is easy to count and can be adjusted for whatever factors necessary to make a comparison.

On the other hand, we can't really measure friendship, "love", etc.

[littlelisa]

I don't think money is unimportant, because you need a certain amount to live well and to have a good life.

That said, money is not my idea of the most important measure of success. It is a measure, but to me personally, not a very important one. I'm really not saying this because it's politically correct, I actually feel this way. To me, more important (once you get past the basic level of money to be able to live well):

- happiness
- positive impact on others (eg, through volunteering, or even just in your own circle of friends of making people smile)
- health
- good friends and family (though I admit to not being very close to a lot of my family, especially my parents)
- having an open mind, being positive about life and always continuing to learn. (In general: being a decent person)
- being passionate about something (anything!)

Someone without much of those things but with a lot of money is NOT someone I am jealous of.
Of course if a million dollars fell out of the sky and whacked me on the head, sure, that would be cool, but I'm not going to sacrifice my life and my happiness for more money. I'm not going to lie or cheat for money either, I also feel that would make me less successful, not more.

[Rteacher]

To achieve ultimate peace of mind one needs to awaken one's dormant love of God, the source of everything.

Money is largely irrelevant - one can be either rich or poor.
http://www.prabhupadaconnect.com/Lecture51.html

[pkang0202]

For those of you who don't care about money, contact me.

I'll give you my bank account info and I'll be more than happy to take your money from you, to ease your burden on the unhappiness it is causing you. You don't want to? Why not? I thought money wasn't important?

If you have recognition, family, friends, and your health then please, by all means, send me your money. You don't need it anymore because you are successful. No need to be burdened by your cash. Put your money where your mouth is. (Pun intended)