Michael Jacksons' Nose
and he was a such a talented guy, too.
Then could afford anything money can buy but went for the impossible.
Which brings that German captain of a luxory yacht to my mind who worked for one of those ultra rich Arabian families in oil business.
He said those were the most unhappy people he'd ever seen. They lived in constant fear of missing something.
When on a trip to some marvellous island they suddenly changed their minds for skiing in Switzerland and hired a plane to get there. No, better visit an exhibition in New York. From there they ordered the yacht to pick them up some weeks later at the Bahamas and so on...
Then could afford anything money can buy but went for the impossible.
Which brings that German captain of a luxory yacht to my mind who worked for one of those ultra rich Arabian families in oil business.
He said those were the most unhappy people he'd ever seen. They lived in constant fear of missing something.
When on a trip to some marvellous island they suddenly changed their minds for skiing in Switzerland and hired a plane to get there. No, better visit an exhibition in New York. From there they ordered the yacht to pick them up some weeks later at the Bahamas and so on...
I read a story a couple of years ago (BBC site I think) which was a survey of some of the big Lotto winners in the UK.
It found that the win produced a big rise in "happiness and satisfaction" but that it only lasted a short time. Despite having bought houses, cars, been on holidays etc, or even keeping it all in the bank, people soon reverted to their old "happiness level".
The researchers concluded that people have an inbuilt "level of happiness" which can be temporarily raised or lowered by events, but in the long term rarely changes.
It found that the win produced a big rise in "happiness and satisfaction" but that it only lasted a short time. Despite having bought houses, cars, been on holidays etc, or even keeping it all in the bank, people soon reverted to their old "happiness level".
The researchers concluded that people have an inbuilt "level of happiness" which can be temporarily raised or lowered by events, but in the long term rarely changes.
A poll from last year, by UN or so, revealed people have same 'level of happyness' no matter where they are or how much they make.
What did make a difference, was personality or real big problems, like civil war, starvation etc. As a general line, every man with a roof above his head and enough food to survive, would be as happy as the next.
We tend to get pleasure out of relative personal achievements rather than absolute $.
What did make a difference, was personality or real big problems, like civil war, starvation etc. As a general line, every man with a roof above his head and enough food to survive, would be as happy as the next.
We tend to get pleasure out of relative personal achievements rather than absolute $.
more has been done with less
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just this week i saw a documentary about 'competition' and one of the topics was 'happiness'. it doesn't matter how rich you are, was said, but how much you achieve. each victory, of what nature it may be' produces endorphin, what makes you happy. each 'defeat' produces cortisol, and this will make your body ache (simplified of course) and will make you unhappy.
it's all about chemicals...
it's all about chemicals...
His music is highly overated. Fame makes people think they are great. He never should have stopped working with Quincy Jones. Thriller was fantastic. I can only speculate the reason they stopped working together was that Michael Jackson refused to pay Quincy a fair $$$ amount. If not for Quincy Jones Jackson would be a has been long ago.
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