Saturday, February 19, 2011

The multitude of wealth

Why are some rich people not happy? Obviously, wealth isn't the only thing that makes us happy. My father always talks about the different types of wealth but lately, I got an email from an anonymous source(most likely it was spam email that evaded google's filters) describing 7 types of wealth. 

1. Inner wealth
2. Physical wealth
3. Family wealth
4. Career wealth
5. Economic wealth
6. Adventure wealth
7. Impact wealth

I won't deny that money isn't important in life but it surely isn't everything that your life has to be about. The other types of wealth can also make one successful, stress-free and satisfied with life. 

Inner wealth is associated with your outlook of the situation around you. Do you think positively or negatively? Thinking positively can greatly enhance your life quality. However, many of us feel (at least I felt like that when I was young) that positive thinking was just small talk. There wasn't really any science behind it. Turns out, I am wrong! Positive thinking affects your subconscious mind and works in the same way as hypnotism. Think of it this way, if you think positively all the time, it is equivalent to hypnotizing yourself to believe in the specific positive outcome. 

Next is physical wealth and as the adage goes " Health is wealth". Would you be happy if you had everything in the world except that you were bed ridden? I would be swearing and cursing out loud!

Family wealth is really about emotional support. Nothing feels better than family love and care. After all, they are the only ones you can trust who will be there for you no matter when you ask.

Career wealth is about attaining a sense of fulfillment while economic wealth is about earning money. Economic wealth is not all you want. This reminds me of an anecdote: You don't want to spend 50% of your adult life earning money and the remaining 50% on spending on healthcare bills!

Adventure wealth is about meeting new challenges and overcoming them - could be in your day to day life or in your lifetime!

Finally, we have the impact wealth. Many adults like to complain about how they can be easily displaced by any other employee. This is where impact wealth plays a part. Do you want to leave a mark at your work place or just go there and perform the job you are assigned to like a robot? Similarly, many of us want to do something for the society at large. 

With this, it is about time for me to sleep and sorry for updating after such a long time. I fell sick last week and was busy with SAFMC before that. 

Adios!

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