Can Money Buy Happiness? (11/14 wed.)
Can Money Buy Happiness? (11/14 wed.)
Can Money Buy Happiness?
Money in the bank – is that all you need to be happy?
by Ruth Devlin
Many of us dream of having thousands and thousands of dollars to spend on anything we desire. We buy lottery tickets, enter contests or spend hours building a business or playing the stock market. We're sure when we have plenty of money, we will be happy. But will we?
While having some money does have an impact on our level of happiness, having a lot of money does not. People in the United States whose income goes from US$20,000 a year to US$50,000 a year are more likely to be happy.
But after US$50,000, happiness does not increase as salaries go up. Why is that? It's because we are never satisfied. "We always think if we just had a little more money, we'd be happier," says Catherine Sanderson, a psychology professor at Amherst College. "But when we get there, we're not."
Source : Studio Classroom
Reference: what is happiness? http://www.drkenner.com/what_is_happiness.htm
Discussion Questions
Session 1
1. What is happiness?
2. Share some things or circumstances which can make you happy. why?
Session 2
3. What is the meaning of money in your life? If you win an 1,000,000 NTD lottery, how will you use it?
4. Can money buy happiness?
5. What kind of life you want to live in your 50's? (addtional)
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Money in the bank – is that all you need to be happy?
by Ruth Devlin
Many of us dream of having thousands and thousands of dollars to spend on anything we desire. We buy lottery tickets, enter contests or spend hours building a business or playing the stock market. We're sure when we have plenty of money, we will be happy. But will we?
While having some money does have an impact on our level of happiness, having a lot of money does not. People in the United States whose income goes from US$20,000 a year to US$50,000 a year are more likely to be happy.
But after US$50,000, happiness does not increase as salaries go up. Why is that? It's because we are never satisfied. "We always think if we just had a little more money, we'd be happier," says Catherine Sanderson, a psychology professor at Amherst College. "But when we get there, we're not."
Source : Studio Classroom
Reference: what is happiness? http://www.drkenner.com/what_is_happiness.htm
Discussion Questions
Session 1
1. What is happiness?
2. Share some things or circumstances which can make you happy. why?
Session 2
3. What is the meaning of money in your life? If you win an 1,000,000 NTD lottery, how will you use it?
4. Can money buy happiness?
5. What kind of life you want to live in your 50's? (addtional)
聚會時間:2007/11/14 (星期三) 請準時 6:45 pm 到 ~ 約 9:00 pm 左右結束
聚會地點:日安。KAFFA 北市南京東路三段303巷24號 (02)2719-7895
捷運南京東路站(木柵線)
走法: 出捷運南京東路站後, 順著慶城街直走 3 分鐘到 "萊爾富便利超商" 時, 右轉直走 30 公尺即可看到 "日安。KAFFA"
給新朋友的話:
1. 請事先準備2~3分鐘的英語自我介紹;討論完畢後可能會請你發表1~2分鐘的感想(feedback)。
2. 請事先閱讀討論主題相關內容以及host所提的問題,並事先寫下自己所欲發表意見的英文。
3. 來之前請先讀一下討論主題,思考一下如何回答及討論。
4. 在正式加入之前(繳交可退還之保證金NT$1,000),可以先來觀摩三次。
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C U !
也有一、二個星期沒參加周三的meeting了,
今天沒有加班的話,也想參加今天的討論
現在是凌晨二點,失眠中
最近轉換工作內容,要做用戶的客訴抱怨,壓力好大...
每次參加yoyo 的meeting看到yoyos 和大家聊聊天
心情都會很好,
期待晚上見到大家!
This topic sounds interesting to me.
See you guys this evening!
Debbie
今天沒有加班的話,也想參加今天的討論
現在是凌晨二點,失眠中
最近轉換工作內容,要做用戶的客訴抱怨,壓力好大...
每次參加yoyo 的meeting看到yoyos 和大家聊聊天
心情都會很好,
期待晚上見到大家!
This topic sounds interesting to me.
See you guys this evening!
Debbie
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- technobabel
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