Quotessence
Home / Books / How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness

How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness

Book by Russ Roberts · 1 quotes · Desire, Adam, Ambition

Filter quotes by topic

AllDesireAdamAmbitionBigsComfortingCoreCuttingDeceptionDriveFameFansFoolFortuneHappinessHeartLovelyMatterMenPhilosophyPursuit

How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness Quotes

“I have a friend with an incredibly demanding job that he doesn't particularly enjoy. But he puts up with it because he makes a lot of money, much more than he could make working for another company of doing something else. He has high blood pressure. His children get older every year. He complains about the stresses of his life and asks for my advice. Quit your job, I tell him. Earn less money. Spend more time with your wife and kids. Be happier. I can’t, he says. I have all these big deals in the works. Let me win those contracts, bag those bonuses. Next year I'll quit and slow down. But when next year comes along, he tells me about the new deals and the new bonuses. Next year is always a year away. Every year his salary grows. Every few years he moves into a bigger house and gets a new car. Is he happier? Evidently not. Despite the larger salary and the bigger house and the nicer car, he's not content. “Just one more year”, he says, “then I’ll have enough”

PhilosophyHappinessDesireWealthAmbitionDrive
Book:How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life: An Unexpected Guide to Human Nature and Happiness
Create image