Imagine a happy, ethical world without cheating, lies and deceit. Though seemingly impossible, Gino and Mogilner (2014) may have stumbled across a way to guide humans toward being more ethical, generous people, thus becoming just a little step closer to an honest world. The three constructs of time, money and happiness are all crucial aspects of daily life, and each day it seems most are striving to achieve more of these three things. Much research has been conducted on links between money and happiness, but Gino and Mogilner (2014) are among the first to examine time, money, and self-reflection, which they discovered can help people follow their moral compass. Gino and Mogilner’s (2014) study supports previous research that shows when people are more aware of themselves, they are less likely to cheat, and more likely to behave ethically (Diener and Wallbom, 1976). But how is this research applicable to real life, and how could it be helpful in creating happier, more ethical lives?
Research has shown that money often influences people to behave in more selfish ways; just the mere thought of money reduces their helpfulness and generosity. (Vohs, Mead and Goode, 2006, 2008; Zhou, Wohs and Baumeister, 2009, as cited by Gino & Mogilner, 2014). Gino and Mogilner’s (2014¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬) study supports these findings, showing that money does indeed have a detrimental effect on human behaviour. Considering that money plays arguably one of the most important roles in daily life, any insight on how to reduce its negative effect on human behaviour would be useful and applicable to real life situations. Gino and Mogilner’s research may give us just that insight; thinking about time.
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Money— sweeter than honey but oh so destructive. It facilitates a man’s life, while a lack of it imprisons him in the streets of penury. It raises his social status, while an absence of it leaves him unnoticed. It gives him an aura of superiority and importance among others, while a deficiency of it makes him worthless in society’s eyes. Considering these two roads, most do not take more than a second to decide to chase riches.
The authors, Brad and Ted Klontz, show that money is identified as a major source of stress in our lives. “In a modern, industrialized society, money is one of the only things that touches on and impacts each and every one of our needs”. Money is not only essential to get our basic needs met, it is also very closely linked to emotional needs such as success, love, acceptance, security, atten¬tion, and the two are often inseparable.
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Happiness is a feeling adults experience when they receive a gift, win something, and various other reasons, but does money buy this happiness everyone experiences? Don Peck and Ross Douthat claim money does buy happiness, but only to a point in their article which originally appeared in the Atlantic Monthly (252). Throughout their article, reasons on why money can sometimes buy happiness are explained. While some of the reasons given are effective, not all are satisfying answers for adults working diligently to make a living. Money is a part of everyone’s life, yet it is not always the cause of happiness.
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In addition, money’s effect on an individual’s happiness will be examined, in particular the belief that more money will bring more happiness and how it is not as significant as individuals with less money being less happiness.
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Happiness is arguably the most sought after goal of the human condition, and time and money are possibly two of the most valuable resources any individual possesses. The article “Time, money and happiness: How does putting a price on time affect out ability to smell the roses?” by Sanford E. DeVoe and Julian House (2012), sets out to answer the question; what is the connection between time, money, and happiness? The hypothesis that DeVoe and House (2012) proposed was that there is a frustration caused when the goal of maximizing the economic value of time is obstructed and that this frustration can lessen other benefits of experiences, especially pleasure. This hypothesis requires that the individual think about time in relation to its monetary value and therefore whether or not time can be better spent doing something that brings in money. The researchers tested their hypothesis through a few experiments.
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Money is probably one of the most important things in this world. Without it, life would be very hard. With it, you become economically stable making life would be easier in some ways. But the real question is, can money actually make someone physically and emotionally happy? There are many sides to this debate; some who say yes and others who say no. Though most people agree with the statement, “Money doesn’t buy happiness,” there is still a large amount of people who disagree with it. They believe that money does indeed buy happiness and that it’s the most important thing in the world. There is no right or wrong answer to this question, it’s just a matter of what you believe in and your values.
The question of whether money buys happiness and how we choose to answer this question has significant implications in our lives because it directly affects our choices. Most of us base our choices on the amount of money they will result in. We compromise our integrity to demanding bosses in the hope of getting a promotion or a large bonus. We pick college majors based on their monetary value rather than our interest because we believe the extra money will make us hap...
I never really thought the expression, “money can’t buy happiness”, was true. As an infant, just by observing the people around me, I observed when they would obtain money and a huge grin would spread across their face, the corners of their smile spreading from ear to ear. Whenever I would see that grin and a person’s face light up at the sight of a crisp, green bill it would make me believe that I had proved the famous expression wrong. Now that I’ve grown up and matured, my idea of that expression has changed. As of now, I am able to reflect on life more and look deeper into things and particularly into people more than I was able to do years ago. My ideas about this expression changed the most though because of the money situation my family had stumbled upon because of the failing economy. I remember being younger when the economy was doing well and waking up to twenty gifts for each of my three sisters and I. We used to believe that all of those presents, brought in because of money of course, were the best part of waking up on Christmas. Of course all of those toys and material items would make a child happy; however looking back it would only make them happy if it was given to them by somebody who bought it for them with love.
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