Comments on: Is Financial Happiness Relative? http://myfinancialawareness.com/blog/?p=104 Personal Side of Personal Finance Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:55:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Lasertroly http://myfinancialawareness.com/blog/?p=104#comment-1647 Lasertroly Sun, 03 Dec 2006 12:51:14 +0000 http://myfinancialawareness.com/blog/?p=104#comment-1647 Interesting point, and quite true, about how people compare their wealth to others. That's a key reason why most companies try to conceal salary information - workers quickly become dissatisfied when they find colleagues making more. The trick is to find ways to be happy with less, and find joy & satisifcation in things that aren't tied to buying & spending. This can be done, although I think it's often difficult living in our mainstream society - one almost has to step out of the system to be able to gain this perspective. I'm thinking in particular of those who have been disenfranchised by their government (such as my grandmother, who was forced to flee her country of birth when the Communist regime moved in and confiscated everything many years ago), war and other tragedy survivors, some prison convicts, seekers of spiritual enlightenment, etc. Interesting point, and quite true, about how people compare their wealth to others. That’s a key reason why most companies try to conceal salary information - workers quickly become dissatisfied when they find colleagues making more. The trick is to find ways to be happy with less, and find joy & satisifcation in things that aren’t tied to buying & spending. This can be done, although I think it’s often difficult living in our mainstream society - one almost has to step out of the system to be able to gain this perspective. I’m thinking in particular of those who have been disenfranchised by their government (such as my grandmother, who was forced to flee her country of birth when the Communist regime moved in and confiscated everything many years ago), war and other tragedy survivors, some prison convicts, seekers of spiritual enlightenment, etc.

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]]> By: Finance-4-Kids http://myfinancialawareness.com/blog/?p=104#comment-1671 Finance-4-Kids Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:49:25 +0000 http://myfinancialawareness.com/blog/?p=104#comment-1671 Something people don't often realize is that the grass is in fact not always greener on the other side. I work for an organization that pays significantly less in salary than other organizations in the same field. Although we receive a great benefit package and retirement plan. The reason most of us stay with the organization is because we feel good about working there and want to be part of the work that they do. Often people leave for what they consider a "better job" but find that even though they are making more money they are not as happy as they used to be. Thanks for the great post. Regards, <a href="http://www.finance-4-kids.com" rel="nofollow">Finance-4-Kids</a> Something people don’t often realize is that the grass is in fact not always greener on the other side. I work for an organization that pays significantly less in salary than other organizations in the same field. Although we receive a great benefit package and retirement plan. The reason most of us stay with the organization is because we feel good about working there and want to be part of the work that they do. Often people leave for what they consider a “better job” but find that even though they are making more money they are not as happy as they used to be. Thanks for the great post.

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