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Nov 12, 2010
"If you want to feel rich, just count the things you have that money can't buy." --Ancient Proverb
Why Money Is Like Beer
When he was 21, heir to the Baskin-Robbins throne John Robbins left the ice cream company and his fathers money, determined to find happiness and fulfillment on his own. After becoming a successful author and establishing an independent fortune, he lost everything in the Bernie Madoff scandal. Through tumultuous relationships with money, Robbins discovered that: "Money, it seems, is a little like beer. Most people like it, but more is not necessarily better. A beer might improve your mood, but drinking 10 beers not only won't increase your happiness tenfold, it might not increase it at all." In a reflective essay, Robbins talks about his relationship to money and the economics of happiness.
BE THE CHANGE
Take a moment today to count the things in your life that make you happy, but are impossible to put a price tag on.
