Can you buy happiness?

At that time, as many go through life in pursuit of wealth, we often hear the phrase that money can not buy happiness. But is there any connection between the size of your wallet and happiness? And if so, how can we use it to our advantage?

Humanity is very sensitive to change: while we experience financial growth, billion industry pleasure generates incredible speech aimed at new opportunities to increase cash well-being,

Some studies have shown that in North America, an additional annual income of 75 thousand dollars makes people happier in their daily lives.

When it comes to casual income, people who win the lottery often become very unhappy. In the end, they spend all the money and go into debt.

Try to give your money to other people and watch their feelings. Research shows that people who spend their money, including on other people feel happier among those who spend only on myself.

The same principle was tested on working adolescents. One experiment showed that in organizations that give of their income to charity, rather the principle that each employee decides how much it make money for these purposes than when charity is divided equally among all employees. The degree of satisfaction from the work grows in the first case.

Similarly, people who spend their money on each other, rather than spend it only on themselves, receive not only more job satisfaction, but also increase the productivity of the team and increase sales. This effect was observed both in sports teams, and the teams that are engaged in the sale.

Almost everywhere in the world of acting legitimacy that the ability to give gifts and money to other people is positively correlated with an inner feeling of happiness. It does not matter how you spend it on other people, be it a charity or what the gifts and assistance to friends or colleagues. Spending money on others - this is an important aspect of increasing your happiness.

In itself, the increase in income does not lead you to a new level of happiness.

If you decide to spend money on yourself, try not to get material things and experiences and impressions of them. Traveling brings a huge amount of positive impressions for the vast majority of people in the long run, as long as you save up to travel, do not forget about the everyday joys of life. Small and frequent joy, pleasantness help brighten up everyday life and stimulate brain activity.

Instead of buying the carpet for three thousand dollars, which you use only once, better distribute the money for the time you spend with your friends.

Money is unlikely to be able to become the main source of happiness in our lives. Although money has a feature to make some things easier and to complicate the other. But at the end of the day, they can bring happiness, if used correctly.