While many of us labor under the belief that there’s no such thing as too much money, the ultimate way out of the rat race may be deciding you don’t need to run as fast or as far to find the exit. What if the real secret to happiness and contentment lay not in an endless loop of earning more and buying more, but instead relied on finding satisfaction and fulfillment in what you have or can more easily attain?
Morgan Housel, a prominent financial advisor and author of “The Psychology of Money,” offered a simple solution. In his view, the key to untroubled living is appreciating what you have instead of constantly striving for what you don’t.
