{"id":59736,"date":"2022-02-06T18:22:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T22:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=59736"},"modified":"2022-02-18T12:06:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T16:06:41","slug":"money-is-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/money-is-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Housel: Why Money Is Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why do they say &#8220;money can&#8217;t buy you happiness&#8221;? Did you know that statement is fundamentally wrong?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his book <em>The Psychology of Money, <\/em>Morgan Housel explains that money buys you control over time, which is the key driver of happiness.&nbsp;When you have control over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-do-you-spend-your-time\/\">how you spend your time<\/a>, you can spend it on things that bring your happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s why money is happiness if used responsibly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-money-buys-us-control-over-our-time\"><strong>Money Buys Us Control Over Our Time&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In his book <em>The Psychology of Money<\/em>, Morgan Housel explains why money is happiness: when you have control over your time, you can choose what to do and when you want to do it. Housel argues that this ability\u2014this flexibility\u2014is essential for two main reasons. First, the more flexible you are, the more options you have\u2014and the more economic opportunities you have access to. For example, you can afford to take time off to develop a new skill that sets you apart from your competition instead of getting stuck in a dead-end job. Second, the more flexible you are, the more of a safety net you have to endure the unexpected. For example, if you lose your job, you can take your time choosing your next job; you don\u2019t have to take the first one you\u2019re offered out of economic necessity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Financial flexibility isn\u2019t just valuable for individuals\u2014it\u2019s valuable for companies, too. The Covid-19 pandemic prevented many companies from making money, either because they couldn\u2019t provide their goods or because people could no longer afford their services. In such a situation, financial flexibility matters: One paper found that the stock <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/rfs\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1093\/rfs\/hhaa134\/6046943\">price of highly flexible firms fell by 26% less than the stock price of firms with low flexibility during the collapse period\u201d of February 3 to March 23, 2020<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Housel argues that having a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/an-internal-locus-of-control\/\">sense of control<\/a> over your life is so essential that when we don\u2019t have it, we rebel. Psychologists call this phenomenon \u201creactance:\u201d People who feel like they don\u2019t have control will refuse to do things they want to do just to regain that sense of control. For example, you might be thrilled about your job\u2019s holiday party\u2014but if they require you to go, you may feel differently.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>The Scarcity Principle: Why You Want Control More When You Don\u2019t Have It<\/strong><br><br>Our reaction to having no control over a situation may also be due to <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/influence\/chapter-7\">the scarcity principle\u2014the idea that we find things with limited availability more appealing<\/a>. In <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/influence\/\"><em>Influence<\/em><\/a>, psychologist Robert Cialdini defines reactance as an adverse reaction we have to any restriction of our choices and explains that we don\u2019t exhibit it if something is freely available because we don\u2019t feel restricted. But scarcity limits our choices, especially if what we desire was previously abundant\u2014so when something is scarce, we desire it even more than we did before. In other words, when control grows scarce, we want control even more than we did before and so we exhibit reactance.&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, Housel suggests that Americans\u2019 lack of control has caused a national satisfaction problem: American happiness levels aren\u2019t as high as they should be because we lack control over our time. Housel explains that Americans\u2019 median income has nearly doubled since 1955. If money made us happier, we should be twice as happy as we were 50 years ago. But we haven\u2019t become significantly happier since 1955. Housel argues that this is because our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/relationship-to-time\/\">relationship with time<\/a> and work has changed. In the 1950s, most people performed some kind of physical labor. Their jobs ended when they left their workplace. But nowadays, many more people do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/peter-drucker-knowledge-worker\/\">knowledge work<\/a>, so we think about our jobs long after we leave the workplace, making us feel like we\u2019re always working and that we don\u2019t have control over our time. Therefore, we\u2019re not as happy as we used to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: In direct contrast to Housel, psychologist Steve Pinker suggests that <a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.ted.com\/the-world-is-an-amazing-place-so-why-arent-we-happier\/\">we might be less happy than we used to be because we have <em>too much<\/em> control over our lives<\/a>. In 1955, there were strict expectations regarding people\u2019s rules\u2014for example, people had far fewer career options. He suggests that today, we have more freedom but we also have more uncertainty: When you have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/freedom-to-choose\/\">freedom to choose<\/a>, you don\u2019t always know what to choose. This uncertainty, Pinker suggests, causes anxiety and reduces our happiness.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So how can you become happier? Housel admits that this is a difficult dilemma because it\u2019s so individual: Different things make different people happy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, knowing what makes most people happy can help\u2014and according to end-of-life interviews, people typically value not consumer purchases but the ability to develop quality relationships or to devote themselves to bettering the world. In other words, most people value the things they had the luxury to do because they controlled their time. Therefore, having more control over your time will likely make you happier, too.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: One way to increase your sense of control over your time\u2014and thus your happiness\u2014may be to <a href=\"https:\/\/jamesclear.com\/value-of-time\">determine how much an hour is worth to you<\/a>. Paying an accountant to file your taxes may initially seem wasteful. But if the time you save doing your taxes gains you more financial value\u2014and allows you to do something you <em>want <\/em>to do with that time\u2014it may be worth the cost.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do they say &#8220;money can&#8217;t buy you happiness&#8221;? Did you know that statement is fundamentally wrong? In his book The Psychology of Money, Morgan Housel explains that money buys you control over time, which is the key driver of happiness.&nbsp;When you have control over how you spend your time, you can spend it on things that bring your happiness. 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