For the same person, having money is of course happier than having no money. From a group perspective, the rich group is of course happier than the poor group. This is the scientific way of comparison.

After clarifying this comparison method, I will talk about this issue based on my personal perspective. First, let me talk about my personal situation: I was born in the 1990s, and my main source of income in 2023 is secondary market investment, with the target being cryptocurrency, US stocks, A shares (A shares are mainly for passion, not for making money) and computer software sales business.

Let me first state the conclusion. For the same person, it is definitely happier to have money than to have no money, because when you have money you will have a sense of relaxation and a calm mindset, and you will also have the material basis and energy to deal with most problems. More than 85% of the problems a person faces in his life are economic problems. When you are rich enough, you will find that many things are not a big deal. Family harmony, harmony between brothers and sisters, and mutual respect between neighbors. "If you are poor in a busy city, no one will care about you. If you are rich in the mountains, you will have distant relatives." This is the true portrayal of it. This is reality, this is human nature.

Secondly, this question needs to be broken down into the following three questions. These three questions determine the level of happiness and sustainability of your happiness after you become rich.

First, what is the main way to make money? Is it sustainable?

Second, while becoming rich, have you improved your social status and social circle?

Third, does making money take up a lot of your time? When you become rich, do you have more time (leisure)?

The first question is, what is the main way to make money? Is it sustainable?

Many people make money by luck and lose it by strength. I have seen too many such people. In the past two years, the domestic balance sheet has declined, many people have returned to poverty, and many investors in US stocks and cryptocurrencies have not survived the bear market in 2022. Before 2022, I am not sure whether I have the ability to continue to make money in the secondary market.

Everyone should ask themselves this question. You have made money from real estate in the past ten years. Can you continue to make money from this market in the future? You have made money from imports and exports in the past ten years. Can you continue to make money from this market in the future? You have enjoyed a high salary and good options in a large Internet company in the past ten years. Will you be optimized? You made money in the secondary market in the bull market. Can you survive the bear market? Can you adapt to the different market rhythms in the bull market? These are questions that everyone should ask themselves.

This question determines your life after you become rich. Most of the bosses of physical companies I know (including those of listed companies) are very busy even after they achieve financial freedom, unless they sell their companies or shares. In fact, various restrictions on sales, including his subjective will, prevent him from doing so. At the same time, as the business gets bigger, the more industrial chains are involved, and the more you have to deal with departments at all levels, you will inevitably ask for help to avoid being strangled. I know some bosses of listed companies with a market value of more than 50 billion RMB, and they still have to ask for help from others, such as banks, departments at all levels, etc.

This busy state leads to less free time, and this state of asking for help from others will also affect the degree of happiness. The secondary market has certain advantages in terms of time. In terms of physical hardware, you can operate it as long as you have a mobile phone, Internet, and a computer. If you are not as intensive as me, you will have a lot of disposable time. You can go to a unit with a system to improve your social status. At the same time, economic affluence can also prevent you from corruption, because that little money is not worth it at all.

While becoming rich, have you improved your social status and social circle?

This problem solves the problem of the all-round development of people after they have money. In modern society, everyone is essentially not only natural, but also social. No one is an island. Every family needs food, clothing, housing, transportation, and medical, education, social and other issues. They have to find someone to do things for them, so social status and social circles are a big problem. As a person, you can't understand all fields. If you want to quickly understand a field and find a quick way to solve some problems in this field, what is it? Find the best person in this field, make friends with him, and listen to his advice. What you have to make sure is that you have found the best person in this field, not those who know only a little, pretend to know, and brag. A very simple and crude way to solve the circle problem is to screen through the threshold, just like the tuition fee of the Yangtze River EMBA is about 900,000. No one comes to the Yangtze River to learn knowledge, but to the circle, and the tuition fee of 900,000 is the most hardcore indicator for screening through the circle.

Improving your social status and social circle will have a very strong protective effect on your wealth. When you are rich enough, you must find a way to make yourself richer. #以太坊ETF批准预期 #机构积极投资比特币ETF