Why did so many rich people want happiness so desperately? While people always complain that money doesn't buy their happiness, in reality money can actually buy us happiness as long as we spend it in the right place. We can start earning our happiness by having a stable income and good relationships with people and by stopping being selfish. As a matter of fact, there are many ways to be happy, but the principle is that money does not easily trade us happiness, which is represented by emotional needs. The idea put forth by Stanford Business School that spending money on other people makes us happier than spending it on ourselves, this simple investment has allowed us to get more out of what we spent. Bill Gates is almost the richest person in the world and is willing to give away 99% of his money to others. For the rest of us, though our bank account isn't even close to 1% of Bill Gate's. But because spending money on others can make us feel better, it doesn't matter how rich we are. We could buy a gift for our parents, it doesn't have to be expensive, but it seems like he conveyed love and we spent our money, he earned a lot more "money" than before. When we take the subway, in some circumstances, we will see people asking for money to feed their family, I usually think they are lying, but when I think differently, giving them money could become an investment and makes us emotionally richer. This hypothesis “Investing in others can make people feel healthier and richer, even if it means becoming a little poorer to get these benefits.” (J. Flynn). It is logical that having more money is better and people usually tend to think that money can buy everything we want, even happiness. However...... middle of paper ...... and ourselves, so balance is the perfect balance we need for our happiness. Works Cited Flynn, Francis. “Can money buy happiness?” Stanford Graduate School of Business. Hank McKinnell-Pfizer Inc., September 25, 2013. Web. April 8, 2014. .SCHULTEN, KATHERINE. “Can money buy you happiness?” Web log post. The New York Times. Np, nd Web. 10 April 2014. Richards, Carl. "The Strange Relationship Between Money and Happiness." Bucking the strange relationship between money and happiness Comments. Np, nd Web. 28 May 2014. https://www.deakin.edu.au/research/acqol/auwbi/survey-reports/survey-018-2-report.pdf