【龙腾网】你真的相信金钱买不到幸福吗？

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Do you really believe money can't buy happiness? I think it can. From vacations to good health money allows you to afford a Better life, have access to Better health care, food and housing.

你真的相信金钱买不到幸福吗？我想它可以。从假期到良好的健康状况，钱可以让你负担得起更好的生活，获得更好的医疗保健，食物和住房。

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Nicole Sansone
, Born in America

，出生于美国

The saying “money can’t buy happiness” has its origins in 1750 in a proverb written by Rousseau. The proverb goes like this: “Money buys everything, except for morality and citizens.” This basically means that if you are to be pure and whole, then you shouldn’t expect money to fill that hole.
It is true that money makes your life easier and more comfortable and of course, gives you more opportunities and power.
But in reality, rich people are as depressed as other ppl.
Humans adapt and easily get used to stuff so a big villa doesn’t bring them joy if they are stressed out or depressed or sick.
Look at American celebrities more than half suffer from depression and other mental illnesses so even with access to the best specialist they go to rehabs and come back and relapse. Many go through divorces and can’t hold onto healthy relationships. No matter how much you have break ups suck
So of course as a whole, it is more comfortable to have money but with money also comes pressure and stress. Your company or your brand or your image relies on growth. Yes people lost their jobs during the pandemic but also companies struggled so CEOs had a lot of pressure to find solutions.
The point is that money alone doesn’t make you happy. It depends a lot on your environment and support system. If you have a happy family and strong friendships and a toxic-free workplace and of course most important if you are healthy. If not you won’t be happy. If money could help you find love for the rest of you life then why do all the billionaires get divorced ? They can hire the best family therapy councils
Of course, you may get Better care but Steve Job still died too young so all the money did not prevent him from death.
Britney Spears got abused for more than 13 years when not her whole life. Many things look more glamourous on the outside. I doubt you would like to exchange your life with Britney Spears.
So just because you are wealthy doesn’t mean you are happy.

"金钱买不到幸福 "这句话是起源于1750年卢梭写的一个谚语。这句谚语是这样说的。"金钱可以买到一切，除了道德和公民"。这基本上意味着，如果你要成为纯洁和完整的人，那么你不应该指望金钱来填补这个漏洞。
诚然，金钱使你的生活更容易、更舒适，当然也给你更多的机会和权力。
但在现实中，富人和其他人一样，都会感到沮丧。
人类适应并容易习惯于一些东西，所以如果他们有压力或抑郁或生病的时候，一个大别墅并不能给他们带来快乐。
看看美国的名人，超过一半的人患有抑郁症和其他精神疾病，所以即使有最好的专家，他们也会去康复中心，回来后又复发。许多人经历了离婚，不能坚持健康的关系。不管你有多少钱，分分合合总是很糟糕。
因此，当然整体上，有钱是更舒服的，但有钱也带来了压力和紧张。你的公司或你的品牌或你的形象依赖于增长。是的，在大流行期间人们失去了工作，但同时公司也在挣扎，所以CEO们有很大的压力来寻找解决方案。
问题的关键是，仅靠金钱并不能使你快乐。这在很大程度上取决于你的环境和支持系统。如果你有一个幸福的家庭和强大的友谊，有一个纯洁的工作场所，当然最重要的是你是否健康。如果没有，你就不会幸福。如果钱可以帮助你找到一生的爱，那么为什么所有的亿万富翁都离婚了？他们可以雇佣最好的家庭治疗服务机构。
当然，你可能会得到更好的照顾，但史蒂夫-乔布还是死得太早，所以所有的钱都不能阻止他的死亡。
布兰妮-斯皮尔斯被辱骂了13年多，而这还没到头。许多事情在外面看起来更有魅力。但我怀疑你是否愿意与小甜甜交换你的生活。
所以，仅仅因为你很富有并不意味着你很快乐。

Bob Wuest
, Author, Upgrade Your Lifestyle: 10 Keys to Happiness

，作家，《升级你的生活方式：幸福的10个关键》
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You make some interesting points in your question. I'll address them individually.
Vacations? A great source of fun and pleasure, no doubt leading to momentary happy feelings and wonderful memories.
But what's your state of mind when you're not on vacation?
Momentary happy feelings are great! But they aren't indicative of a happy state of being — AKA true happiness..
Good health? Health is its own topic, completely independent of happiness. There are many with excellent health who aren't happy, and others with chronic disease who are. Many cancer survivors say their bout with cancer was a huge personal growth experience — I've personally heard two people say it was the best thing that ever happened to them, because they learned to value life more.
So let's set health aside as its own virtue, at best only loosely related to happiness.
Better health care, food, and housing? There's a whole lot of stress, anxiety, and frustration associated with substandard levels of these important aspects of life. If that's the condition you find yourself in, more money would seem to be the solution to a happier life. Because more money can ease these emotional burdens — and thus improve your subjective well-being (AKA happiness).
But, according to multiple studies (one referenced HERE), there's a sweet spot around $75K annually (for Americans) — beyond which more money has no bearing whatsoever on happiness levels.
So the question is this — is relieving emotional burdens equivalent to happiness? Or is it just reducing stress, anxiety, and frustration (which we might term unhappiness)?

你的问题中提出了一些有趣的观点。我将逐一讨论。
假期？这是乐趣和快乐的一大来源，无疑会带来一时的快乐感受和美好回忆。
但是，当你不在度假时，你的心态是什么？
一时的快乐感受是很好的！但它们并不代表你的心态。它们并不代表一种快乐存在的状态--也就是真正的快乐。
良好的健康状况？健康是另一个话题，完全独立于幸福。有很多健康状况很好的人并不快乐，而其他患有慢性疾病的人却很快乐。许多癌症幸存者说他们与癌症的斗争是一次巨大的个人成长经历--我曾亲耳听到两个人说这是发生在他们身上最好的事情，因为他们学会了更加珍惜生命。
因此，让我们把健康放在一边独美，充其量只是与幸福有着松散的关系。
更好的医疗保健、食物和住房？在生活中这些重要方面的水平不合格确实会让你产生压力、焦虑和沮丧。如果你发现自己处于这种状况，那么更多的钱似乎是解决更幸福生活的方法。因为更多的钱可以减轻这些情感负担--从而提高你的主观幸福感。
但是，根据多项研究（里面提到的一项研究）表明，在每年收入7.5万美元左右有一个幸福顶点（对美国人来说）--超过这个点，更多的钱对幸福水平没有任何影响。
所以问题是这样的--减轻情感负担等同于幸福吗？或者它只是减少压力、焦虑和沮丧（我们可能称之为不幸福）？

We all want to be happy.
When we're not, it's a common tendency to look around and decide what more of this or that (i.e., money, material goods, influence, friends, lovers) we need to fill that gap, then set off in the direction of acquiring more of it.
Simple fix, right? Earn more money, or meet the partner of your dreams, and *poof* — instant happiness forever and ever more!
Wrong.
Everyone's heard variations of the old adage:
Happiness comes from within.
The reason you've heard it so many times: because it's absolute truth.
But you can't change truth.
You can argue with it all you want. You can distract yourself by stubbornly adhering to your idea that more money's all you need to be happier.
But double your income, youre still not happy. You still feel like more money will get you there. Double it again, and you're still chasing more.
You're on a hedonic treadmill, friend. Continually running harder and faster, and going nowhere — at least as far as happiness goes. Sure, you have nicer things, more exotic vacations. But you haven't moved your Happiness Dial one small bit. Because you're still denying truth.

我们都想获得幸福。
当我们不快乐的时候，通常的倾向是环顾四周，认为我们需要更多这样或那样的东西（即金钱、物质产品、影响力、朋友、爱人）来填补这个差距，然后朝着获得更多东西的方向出发。
很简单的解决办法，对吗？赚更多的钱，或遇到你梦想中的伴侣，然后*噗*--瞬间获得幸福，直到永远！
错了。
每个人都听说过这句老话的变体：
“幸福来自于内心。”
你之所以听了这么多次：因为它是绝对真理。
你无法改变真理。
你可以随心所欲地提出你的观点与之争论。你可以通过顽固地坚持你的想法来分散自己的注意力，即更多的钱是你需要的，以使你更快乐。
但你的收入翻倍，你仍然不快乐。你仍然觉得更多的钱才会让你达到目的。再翻一番，你仍然在追求更多。
你是在一个跑步机上追求幸福，朋友。不断地努力奔跑，速度越来越快，但却毫无进展--至少在幸福方面是如此。当然，你有更好的东西，更多的异国假期。但你并没有把你的幸福拨号挪动一小步。 因为你仍然在否认真理。

So what to do?
If you're truly seeking happiness (which we know arises from within) you don't need to change what's out there. You need to change what's in here.
Your beliefs and thoughts. Your sense of self — self-awareness, self-confidence, self-esteem. Adopting new ideas about where to devote your attention, and time, and energy.
Social scientists — who devote their lives to the study of happiness — say that it derives from focus on family, friends and community, spirituality, and benevolent service to others.
I'd add to that a focus on self-development and evolving your emotional intelligence.
This answer is too long.
Most of those who are dug-in on the idea of money being the happiness panacea haven't read this far. So I'm preaching to the choir — those few among Quora readers who truly are seeking happiness, and are open to new ideas about how to achieve it.
As a super happy guy who has discovered the formula to personal happiness, and a researcher of the science, philosophies, and psychology of happiness, may I suggest you follow me.
Namaste!

那么该怎么做呢？
如果你真的在寻求幸福（我们知道幸福来自内心），你不需要改变外面的东西。你需要改变里面的东西。
你的信念和想法。你的自我意识、自信心、自尊心。采用新的想法，将你的注意力、时间和精力投入到那里。
社会科学家--致力于研究幸福的人--说，幸福来自于对家庭、朋友和社区的关注，灵性和对他人的善意服务。
我想在此基础上再加上对自我发展和提高情商的关注。
这个答案有点太长了。
那些沉浸在金钱是幸福灵丹妙药的想法中的大多数人不会读到这里。所以我只是在向唱诗班宣讲--在Quora的读者中，那些真正在寻求幸福，并且对如何实现幸福的新想法持开放态度的少数人。
作为一个发现了个人幸福公式的超级幸福的人，以及一个研究幸福的科学、哲学和心理学的人，我建议你跟着我。
合十礼!

John Knettle
You make good points. I don’t disagree with them. Nevertheless, I believe that money can be a great conduit to happiness. Whether or not it is depends on how it’s used I suppose. There’s also the important question of how we define happiness or how we consider ourselves happy.

你说得很好。我并不反对他们的观点。尽管如此，我相信金钱可以是通往幸福的一个重要渠道。它是否是幸福的源泉取决于如何使用它，我想。还有一个重要的问题是，我们如何定义幸福，或者我们如何认为自己是幸福的。