{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Moneywise","title":"I Asked 100+ Millionaires If Money Makes You Happy","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1805,"description":"If you're a founder doing at least $3M/year in sales, check out Hampton: https://www.joinhampton.com/.\n\nThere is no amount of money that will make you happy. There is also no amount that will stop making you more happy. \n\nBoth of those things are true.\n\nOur producer is not rich. But she has talked to 100+ people who are, and she (I) has learned a lot about your kind (is that wrong to say?).\n\nIn the Moneywise pilot, we asked the question “at what point will more money stop making you happy”. Turns out, that was a pretty stupid question. So in this episode, we’re fixing that.\n\nThis is an episode of Moneywise unlike any other. This is a solo essay-style inside-outsider's take on wealth and happiness, based on the past year of peaking behind the curtain at what truly makes millionaires lives better… and worse. Backed up by quotes from our guests and of course, real studies.\n\n\nHere’s what we talk about:\nMoney doesn’t make you happy. It can only remove stress.\nThe “happiness number” is a myth but knowing your “freedom number” changes everything.\nMost people don’t want money, they want the freedom they think money will give them.\nHitting your financial goal won’t feel like you imagined.\nFounders often feel lost post-exit because they unknowingly traded hope for cash.\nWealth adds new stress.\nMoney can’t buy you meaningful experiences, and you need to stop thinking it can.\nIf you expect money to do the emotional heavy lifting in your life, you will never be satisfied.\nMoney is the key, not the door. It unlocks your potential but it won’t add anything more to your life.\nCool Links:\nHampton https://www.joinhampton.com/\nLower Street https://www.lowerstreet.co/\n\nChapters:\n(00:00) Introduction and Confession\n(00:35) Reflecting on 50 Episodes\n(02:24) Revisiting the Happiness Threshold\n(03:09) Money as a Subtractive Tool\n(03:48) The Freedom Number vs. Happiness\n(05:07) Studies and Research on Wealth and Happiness\n(14:39) The Hedonic Treadmill and Wealth's Paradox\n(17:45) Hope...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/vCvB-0dtzg339Iof9Uhri-E5Cu1YvE_goNcKch75CeI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83ZTZj/OWRiMTI3NjI1YWUy/MWY4ZWJkOTU2YzFl/NzE0Mi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}