Why?
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of."
Jane Austen
"For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing - stocks, financial speculation, real estate speculation or businesses - makes more money for me than making movies."
Jackie Chan
"Wealth - any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than the income of one's wife's sister's husband."
H. L. Mencken
2007-02-23 15:08:20 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
Anyone? Anyone?
2007-02-23 15:14:46 · update #1
I'm not happy with my annual income, and I make $75,000. The company owns more of me than I want it to. They approve my time off, not me. I cannot, at my present income level, for example, buy a house, without scraping by each month, or live the lifestyle I want to. I learned, though hopefully not to late in life, that owning your own business is much better than working to make someone else rich. Warren Buffett, I believe said, "It's better to be medium good in a great field, than to be great in a poor field."
2007-02-23 15:39:39 · answer #1 · answered by Justus 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are never satisfied with how much money you make.
I am 46 don`t have to work anymore . Semi -well off now I am
into real estate big time sold a rather large business that I
inherited for a nice profit ,But am unhappy I do not have a
Lear Jet and a Villa in Italy .love that place..Have a home in the Keys but not big enough boat . It would probably be nice to be
Bill Gates I would imagine he is probally wants to buy and
Island.. He has large holdings in Grand Cayman another
outstanding place ..On and On... Human Nature..
The Coochi ....Great Answer..
2007-02-24 08:28:57 · answer #2 · answered by Robert B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I am not happy! I went from a wage donkey making 60-70K a year, to a self employed person making 10K a year. The good news, I will probably end up earning more in the long run. I don't have to wear clothes to work, and I work probably 10 or 12 hours a day.
But, until we are grossing 900K a year...im not happy
(0ver the money, other places yes Im happy)
2007-02-23 23:39:19 · answer #3 · answered by batwanda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm happy with what I make and what I have. I have to shake my head sometime at people that get caught up in the inane competitiveness of having the most stuff and the best stuff. I read a quote awhile back that I've always liked."A wealthy man is not someone that has the most but someone who needs the least"
2007-02-23 23:38:49 · answer #4 · answered by thecoochieman 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would be happy with enough to provide food, clothing, and shelter for family. And I am. I don't believe that money buys happiness either. There have studies on happiness that show that very poor tribes from third world countries are on average just as happy as anyone from a prosperous western nation.
2007-02-23 23:18:04 · answer #5 · answered by Cybeq 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would love to earn more, but wouldn't just about everyone? More money would certainly make getting the things that I want alot easier.
2007-02-23 23:18:31 · answer #6 · answered by chevygirl6767 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"If I can buy myself cool jeans and occasionally vacation in Mexico, I'm okay with my annual income."
R.S. Smith
2007-02-23 23:14:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
“Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.”
Oscar Wilde quotes
2007-02-24 03:00:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not at all. I will in the future when I get my nursing degree though. (I make $7.00 an hour) that really blows.
2007-02-24 03:53:22 · answer #9 · answered by le_disko 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm happy because it grows quickely.
My yearly salary is $300,500
2007-02-23 23:16:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋