Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen

Let's start with a good point by Dalai Lama: The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen

Now I wanna talk about the relation between money and happiness

So, money is not the main source of happiness. Money is just one factor of happiness. You know there are lots of people in the world who have a lot of money. Not all of them are happy. Right, they have money, but some of them don’t have pleasure, satisfaction, and health. Let's talk about happiness. What is happiness?

Happiness is - loving.

Happiness is - living.

Happiness is - laughing.

Happiness is a gratitude feeling.

Happiness is - giving useful thing for everyone that they need it.

So, we need the feeling to love.

We need health to live in.

We need interesting moments to laugh.

We need a conscience to gratitude feelings.

We need money to help other people.

It means that money also the source of happiness as I mentioned above. But it is not the main source. Let's take a table as an example that has 4 legs to stand stable. So does humanity. Let me explain the 4 main factors that help people to stay happy. So the first factor is the mindset, the second is health, the third one is family and the fourth one is finance. If we remove one factor from the list, then it might somehow damage the state of happiness, just like a table can’t stand very stable without one leg.

Let’s imagine you have a good mindset, you are healthy and you are in the circle of the family but you are not financially stable and you feel that you can’t satisfy the needs of your family. I don’t think in this kind of state, it is possible, to feel true happiness. So, as I mentioned before, money is just one factor of happiness, not the main source.

Some people think that money can’t buy happiness, that’s true. But money helps to achieve your success and provide stability. Let’s imagine If you haven’t got money, can you do anything. Can you help another people? When you are deep in debt. When you are unemployed. When you can’t afford to give your family what they need. Now you see money in a different life. Money is important to be happy. You can’t live in this world without it.

Not being able to do the things you want to do. Turning down opportunities because you just can’t afford it. Not having money, limits your life. Making money what drives us. That’s why we get up every day and go to our jobs. I don’t like money. I like the things money can buy. Healthy food, entertainment, education, a home.

For me happiness is study the best university ever, provide best opportunities to my family. If I hadn’t got any money I wouldn’t have been studying here. I am pretty happy to afford this, and here, money is just one factor helping me to achieve this.