Have you ever stumbled across the “million dollar person” debate? It is one of those ideas that linger in your head long after you hear about it.
And in all fairness, it’s really a simple concept. Most people believe, my former self included, that all there is to being a millionaire is having the bank account showing the numbers.
Information, information, information… and then some. Well, I guess this is about right considering how well trained we are to interact with different kind of media and consume vast quantity of it.
In an era where advertising was the only tool inducing people to consume streams of trivial and non-applicable information curiosity, though rising, was still able to be controlled.
When you start to think about how we are expected to perform in almost any given area of our life, be that career, family life and so on, you will notice an interesting correlation between how successfully a certain task or goal has been reached with the introduction of deadlines and some sort of punishment. And while questioning common assumptions about how things work is something I usually care to advocate, the reality is that you can use this conditioning in order to perform better.
Rituals and routines are rooted deeply into how we conduct our lives. Throughout almost every stage of our childhood and all the way up to our adult lives we were conditioned to embrace rigid adherence to habits and rules we ourselves have set.
They give structure and discipline, they give purpose.
Living in a high-end consumer society it seems that money is the ultimate currency for experiencing happiness. Money allows you to buy stuff and then live a more fulfilled life. And have had this materialistic mantra drilled into our head time and again, but should the connection between money and happiness be thoroughly rethought?