Money, Ambition, and the Art of Being Content

[Kelvinid]

Happiness is definitely everyone's ultimate goal. We all want to work hard and earn money, we all want to grow in life and achieve prosperity in life, we all want to take risk in life simply because we have goals and ambitions in life. All of these, if they are completely achieved, we end up getting happy.

However, real happiness is not measured by how much money we earn or saved, how high our achievements are, how wealthy we have become, but genuine happiness only realized when we create simple things like appreciation and gratefulness. Such simple acts but it seems too hard for others to put into action.

[Makus]

When we were kids we were taught to be always content with whatever we have but this has become a lesson to us because we are still applying that till today into our personal life. no matter how much you think you have there is someone out there that is better than you or has more than you have that's how life is, this is the reason why you must learn the art of being content with whatever you have. chasing what others have and not focusing on your own goals might make you lose yourself in the process, our dreams and ambitions in life are different.

[programmer3666]

Look for the better opportunities, but don't be unhappy. Do you realise or understand this sentence? As humans we often struggle to lead a better life, and of course this is part of our life. But have you ever thought about whether you are happy or unhappy? How much money do you need to become happy? Can you really measure happiness with money? Are you regretting your current situation?

Stop regretting; learn to be happy. I said 'learn to be happy' means you have to be self-satisfied. To fulfil our needs, we have to earn money. But do you have a limit to your needs? Have you controlled your aspiration? Unless you have controlled it, you can't be satisfied. Unless you become satisfied, you can't be happy. Whether you are happy or not fully depends on your aspiration.

If you are a millionaire, but your aspiration is to become a billionaire, then you won't be happy ever. Because you dreamed of being a billionaire and have to struggle for that. As a result, you would feel unhappy since your dream is much bigger than what you have right now. Dreaming big is not wrong; you can look for better opportunities. But you have to learn to be satisfied with what you have and accept reality. It's the only way to become happy.

As it stands in the society today, you can never go wrong in having the mindset of wanting more. For anyone to even smell that success ladder he or she has to have that strong Ambition because it is like the fuel that pushes everyone to strive to improve their lives, strive to earn more wealth and grow our social status. But being wealthy is one thing and enjoying the wealth is another, because if you can’t find the time to enjoy all you have accumulated then even if you swim in billions of dollars, it won’t make you happy.

[viljy]

Moderation in everything is important. If a person is happy with what he has, if he is self-sufficient, then he will already feel happy or close to it. If a person is constantly involved in the race for success, which can be expressed in money, status enhancement, or the acquisition of some property, then such a person is always dissatisfied. The origins of these two different states are very simple. A happy person does not envy, does not get angry, and does not worry about his status. An unhappy person, on the contrary, is envious, angry, and deep down feels flawed and not self-sufficient. The causes of happiness and unhappiness are within ourselves.

[Ishicryptic]

If you are a millionaire, but your aspiration is to become a billionaire, then you won't be happy ever. Because you dreamed of being a billionaire and have to struggle for that. As a result, you would feel unhappy since your dream is much bigger than what you have right now. Dreaming big is not wrong; you can look for better opportunities. But you have to learn to be satisfied with what you have and accept reality. It's the only way to become happy.

There is nothing wrong with being ambitious that is how you can be able to think outside the box and take advantage of hidden opportunities to become a better version of who are presently. Without ambition our lives will be static, I know that when you are satisfied with the level where you are then growth will become difficult because you won't explore new opportunities to make it and become better and comfortable. The implication is that you can start to be experiencing decline in your finances and comfortable lifestyle.

Having said all that above I also know about contentment even though it is good to be aspiring we shouldn't be desperate to make it in life by all means possible because in the end you might achieve all what you dreamed about but you will miss happiness and peace of mind. Peace of mind is more important than all the riches in the world, if you have good health and happiness they are things that beats being super rich. Happiness is a decision, all the money in this world cannot buy you happiness it is contentment that can give you happiness.

[Oasisman]

Dreaming big is not wrong; you can look for better opportunities. But you have to learn to be satisfied with what you have and accept reality. It's the only way to become happy.

We may be able to be satisfied at some point, but there will always be a time when you feel envious looking at what others have achieved in their lives, and I believe that is a sign of being unsatisfied. It is inevitable, no matter how many times we deny it, and it is a thief of our joy.
As long as you have the eyes to see what your friends, co-leagues, and relatives have achieved, you will get jealous, inspired to work more to achieve the things you're unsatisfied with.
Dreaming is absolutely necessary, it will help you find good opportunities to improve your financial status. Total contentment may only be possible if we no longer have the energy and capacity to do more and to earn more. But, as long as we are "able" to do extra steps, we tend to take them, and if you ask me if that is a sign of uncontentedness, I can say it is.

[BitBakerr1]

I’m happy at all the stages of my journey. I had fun when I didn’t have a job, had fun when I had a job, I enjoyed myself when I started my business and still loving every bit of it. My point is you can choose to enjoy all the stages of your life. You don’t have to wait till all the pieces come together.

SatoPrincess I wish I can be like you, I usually think a lot if I have a little challenge, and when I don’t get what I want, I usually become unhappy and to be honest I really don’t like this lifestyle because it is really affecting me. I’m always sad because I have things I want to achieve, but I’m not getting it, if I can only be happy for anything I have without complaining I believe my life will be more better and I will leave a fulfilled life. I will try my best to make sure that I stop thinking about things too much. I just want to be happy and enjoy my life, no matter the situation of things and no matter where I am.

[michellee]

Basically, you don't have money to happy. You can take around, many people can happy easily. Most of them still struggle of their lives but they can happy. You determine how you want to feels happy.

The simple thing you can learns is looking to children. They don't need anything to feels happy. They can feels happy even if it is just a cookies from their parents. If they don't have anything, they can just walking around adult people, smile and sharing their happiness.

But when we growing up, we have so many things to fills so most people thinks that money can buy happiness. We are trap in the life rat which we difficult to get out. If we want to getting out, we must grateful with what we have and believe that we have more opportunities to have better in the future.

[Taskford]

Look for the better opportunities, but don't be unhappy. Do you realise or understand this sentence? As humans we often struggle to lead a better life, and of course this is part of our life. But have you ever thought about whether you are happy or unhappy? How much money do you need to become happy? Can you really measure happiness with money? Are you regretting your current situation?

Stop regretting; learn to be happy. I said 'learn to be happy' means you have to be self-satisfied. To fulfil our needs, we have to earn money. But do you have a limit to your needs? Have you controlled your aspiration? Unless you have controlled it, you can't be satisfied. Unless you become satisfied, you can't be happy. Whether you are happy or not fully depends on your aspiration.

If you are a millionaire, but your aspiration is to become a billionaire, then you won't be happy ever. Because you dreamed of being a billionaire and have to struggle for that. As a result, you would feel unhappy since your dream is much bigger than what you have right now. Dreaming big is not wrong; you can look for better opportunities. But you have to learn to be satisfied with what you have and accept reality. It's the only way to become happy.

Common problem of people is they think that real happiness is to get those life they fantasize to happen, they usually compare themselves to other people. Then get envy with success with other people, if they always have that attitude for sure that they won't see real contentment in life.

Since the real happiness is not about trying to chase lots of opportunities, not also by measuring their income and overall wealth. This is all about real satisfaction and balance. Knowing what's enough for them could provably increase their chance to became more happier in life. Also appreciating even small things or blessing they get is provably enough. Life is short to be so stressful that's why aside from hustle to earn money, we should enjoy every moment and spend time with our family also friends to live more happier life.

[Faisal2202]

I have seen some good and some worst days, I still count my worst days good if I compare them to some poor souls for whom I pray too. But if we are just making money and don't know how much we want, I think that's a good thing, because we never know how much is enough, at least Elon or one of the richest people don't care how much they are worth because they are not after earning money but to fulfill their dreams.

Those dreams are solving rich people's problems so they made money on the way, and now they have become rich.

Money is not enough for us to live a happy life, we can work all day long, make good money for the rest of our life, we might not be happy because we can't give our days to someone, our time becomes precious and we start to value it. I think time is value, but I want enough freedom that I could go anywhere or do anything without having stress of work, even if I am a freelancer, maybe that's why I have stress.

[Agbamoni]

If you are a millionaire, but your aspiration is to become a billionaire, then you won't be happy ever. Because you dreamed of being a billionaire and have to struggle for that. As a result, you would feel unhappy since your dream is much bigger than what you have right now. Dreaming big is not wrong; you can look for better opportunities. But you have to learn to be satisfied with what you have and accept reality. It's the only way to become happy.

Honestly, I read all you said 5 consecutive times so that it will sink in.
There isn't a limit to how much we want in life. Every man and woman has ambition, they have aspiration, things they want to be and achieve before leaving the mother earth, but all is vanity. Life was better when we were young, it was all happiness throughout. Now that we are grown, it seems happiness only lasts for an hour; the rest is struggle, decision-making, and many others.

[Furball808]

If you are a millionaire, but your aspiration is to become a billionaire, then you won't be happy ever. Because you dreamed of being a billionaire and have to struggle for that. As a result, you would feel unhappy since your dream is much bigger than what you have right now. Dreaming big is not wrong; you can look for better opportunities. But you have to learn to be satisfied with what you have and accept reality. It's the only way to become happy.

Nothing wrong with dreaming big but make sure that you have what it takes to work towards that. Some people all they do is complain and dream but they never put these dreams into action. In that case, no point in dreaming. Just always do your best and whatever is achieved you should feel satisfied because you know you gave it all your best.

[GiftedMAN]

Nothing wrong with dreaming big but make sure that you have what it takes to work towards that. Some people all they do is complain and dream but they never put these dreams into action. In that case, no point in dreaming. Just always do your best and whatever is achieved you should feel satisfied because you know you gave it all your best.

It is not enough to keep dreaming when there is no sign of work to make the dream a reality, if you or anyone desire to be at a certain level in life it is never enough to keep dreaming without taking a step to make the dream come to pass and it hurts to see that you can only dream but you don't have what it takes to make it happen. This is why I tell people, if you have to dream about something be sure you are ready to make it happen if not you will become a bitter person and that could lead to the person becoming another person because he couldn't achieve what his dream was so do your best to make sure you achieve your goal in life.

[Hanadawa]

As it stands in the society today, you can never go wrong in having the mindset of wanting more. For anyone to even smell that success ladder he or she has to have that strong Ambition because it is like the fuel that pushes everyone to strive to improve their lives, strive to earn more wealth and grow our social status. But being wealthy is one thing and enjoying the wealth is another, because if you can’t find the time to enjoy all you have accumulated then even if you swim in billions of dollars, it won’t make you happy.

The ambition to achieve success and be able to buy the things you dream of is one of the important factors that will motivate you to continue striving and working hard in your life. The reality is that it's very difficult to achieve happiness if you live in poverty. Once, you could be happy with just a little money. But now, when smartphones and the internet have become a part of life, having no money means it's difficult for you to be happy. At least that's what I thought. But on the other hand, we are taught to be grateful and content with what we have. As long as you're grateful after working hard and diligently. My uncle always advised me. He said I must have big ambitions to achieve success. And at the end of the day, I should be grateful for what I've achieved that day. Because basically, without gratitude, you will only continue to complain and stress when you see others who are more successful than you.

[Cheema02]

Choose delayed gratification over the instant ones, which solves most of the money problems that come to an individual because we need money just to buy something that we want even though it is not necessary for us to live our life comfortably. One who drive Toyota will be interested in buying a Porche while both does the same thing for us with not much difference.

Save money> invest money> Make more money and repeat.

Yes, its true that with delayed gratifications we may solve multiple problems because mostly people not buying things that they actually need and prefers things that they want. Let suppose a person who currently carry a Toyota may be he still thinking about Porsche or other brand but both brands are used for transportation. So the purpose of instance is that for real success we move on simple habits like spend on less and invest wisely to grow the wealth and repeat the process consistently. So to get long term progress we could sacrifices a little bit anr if we control our spending patterns and focous on saving and wisely investing then we actually ensure the stability and financial freedom but for that purpose we should need discipline and hard work.

[dezoel]

I’m happy at all the stages of my journey. I had fun when I didn’t have a job, had fun when I had a job, I enjoyed myself when I started my business and still loving every bit of it. My point is you can choose to enjoy all the stages of your life. You don’t have to wait till all the pieces come together.

SatoPrincess I wish I can be like you, I usually think a lot if I have a little challenge, and when I don’t get what I want, I usually become unhappy and to be honest I really don’t like this lifestyle because it is really affecting me. I’m always sad because I have things I want to achieve, but I’m not getting it, if I can only be happy for anything I have without complaining I believe my life will be more better and I will leave a fulfilled life. I will try my best to make sure that I stop thinking about things too much. I just want to be happy and enjoy my life, no matter the situation of things and no matter where I am.

You just need to change your desires to personal ones instead of material ones and it lists up the same part of your brain, while taking longer, and benefiting instead of hurting.

For example, saying "I want to buy a Ferrari" is a bad thing, because you are not even talking about what you want to do to achieve that dream, you just want a Ferrari, that's it, in that situation your entire life didn't change, what if you get Ferrari from some competition or a reward, but rest of your life is same? Instead, say "I want to be a big businessman", that way you can buy a Ferrari if you do that and still be better yourself.

[Accardo]

When we were kids we were taught to be always content with whatever we have but this has become a lesson to us because we are still applying that till today into our personal life. no matter how much you think you have there is someone out there that is better than you or has more than you have that's how life is, this is the reason why you must learn the art of being content with whatever you have. chasing what others have and not focusing on your own goals might make you lose yourself in the process, our dreams and ambitions in life are different.

All of what is going on in this life is more programmed and designed to reduce population rate, because the economists believe the industrial growth would be much better when birth rate drops, so, earnings get to be hard for workers, to make them curb down on the amount of kids they'll give birth to, and aswell make them focus so much on making money, that they forget to live the actual life they're here for. No need bothering about what other people have, same thing is also going on in their head.

[Fiatless]

Those who are not happy because they have not made enough money to live the life they aspire to might regret it later in life. Some of them would end up living an unhappy life because they might never become rich. I have aspirations but I also enjoy myself even when it has not been actualized. Life shouldn't be about work, work, and work.  There should be a time to rest and enjoy things you take pleasure in. I don't want to die an unhappy man who would regret wasting time on materialism.

[Emjay24]

If you are a millionaire, but your aspiration is to become a billionaire, then you won't be happy ever. Because you dreamed of being a billionaire and have to struggle for that. As a result, you would feel unhappy since your dream is much bigger than what you have right now. Dreaming big is not wrong; you can look for better opportunities. But you have to learn to be satisfied with what you have and accept reality. It's the only way to become happy.

If you aspire higher, it is meant to become a motivation to you rather than a self evaluation entity, if you don't aspire to become bigger and better, then you are going to become stagnant. Part of what keeps me happy is the aspiration of becoming bigger and more financially able and the day to day struggle to get there. I don't feel unhappy because of the struggle since I have learned to celebrate the progress and my little wins. Overall we should learn how to handle defeats with positive energy and not use it to condemn ourselves and our efforts.

Always remain optimistic about your aspiration despite shortcomings, it only takes some time and you would reach your target.

[abhiseshakana]

If you are a millionaire, but your aspiration is to become a billionaire, then you won't be happy ever. Because you dreamed of being a billionaire and have to struggle for that. As a result, you would feel unhappy since your dream is much bigger than what you have right now. Dreaming big is not wrong; you can look for better opportunities. But you have to learn to be satisfied with what you have and accept reality. It's the only way to become happy.

If you aspire higher, it is meant to become a motivation to you rather than a self evaluation entity, if you don't aspire to become bigger and better, then you are going to become stagnant. Part of what keeps me happy is the aspiration of becoming bigger and more financially able and the day to day struggle to get there. I don't feel unhappy because of the struggle since I have learned to celebrate the progress and my little wins. Overall we should learn how to handle defeats with positive energy and not use it to condemn ourselves and our efforts.

Always remain optimistic about your aspiration despite shortcomings, it only takes some time and you would reach your target.

I think it's t wise limit our dream, dreams too beautiful to be turned off. Curiosity and greed is human nature, the best we can do about greed is not only control it but channel the energy of greed into something productive. Uncontrollable greed can be resulting impulsive decision such as FOMO and over leverage to get quick margin. Directed greed can be gasoline for our personal growth. Big dreams can be achieved with good preparation plan dan healthy structure. We can start directing our greed on positive habit such as discipline stacking asset, make realistic timeline targeting, directing to long term strategies and measured and reviewed with risk management. With systematic strategy we can accept the process, enjoy the progress, and take right strategy. Just ensure you have growth mindset, which gives gratitude to our position & have clear strategy to get to next levelof achievement, as long as you can balancing between big ambition and dream with rational applicable strategy, success is in your hand. I suggest to have expert mentor to complete each level and discussing objective strategies.