When I made my first $100,000 and published my first book over a decade ago, the level of sophistication in self-help was not too high and I have to deal with this retort about why someone should accumulate so much money if he/she just wants to be happy in life.
Now back then, I did not have Adlerian psychology or the DISC personality framework to break down the point raised, so I ended up reading a lot of self-help literature of happiness. The problem with doing that in the 2000s is that there is little data on happiness and some authors thrive on writing useless drivel based on generalities derived from personal experience.
We're now in the 2020s and I am happy to report that a team of academics have written The Origins of Happiness. This is not a book for the intellectually light-weight who thrive on the works of Deepak Chopra.
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