Which is more important to you, career success or happiness? Happiness is the real success. Only happiness is true success. The purpose of all human efforts is to obtain happiness. -Owen, man stripes for happiness. —— Owen Student Name: William Huang (Huang Wenming) StudentNo.: 057 100275 After choosing this topic, I found it a very complicated psychological and philosophical topic. I don't know how to explain my point clearly in about 8 minutes, so I choose to tell a story. First of all, some names and places are transliterated from Chinese and may be misspelled. Let's start with a classic fable, which explains happiness and metaphors life. I didn't know it was a very complicated discipline of psychology and philosophy until I chose it, and I didn't know how to explain it, so I chose to tell stories. First of all, I want to declare that some names and places may be misspelled, because I translated them from Chinese. Let's start with a classic fable, which illustrates the comparison between happiness and life. Fable: Lily of the angel, King Khalifa of Persia is tired. All the luxuries and enjoyment given to him by kingship, so I pray to the administrator of heaven that he can become an unknown ordinary citizen and find back the happiness and comfort of being a simple person. That night, in a poor village in Poza, a beggar also prayed to the administrator of heaven for the comfort and enjoyment of the caliph. So the manager of heaven called two beautiful angels to plant a lily from heaven between the palace of the caliph in Baghdad and the beggar's hut in Poza, and told them to meet at the lily planted by the angels. On the "lily of angels", these two people met, they found their own happiness, stopped worrying about their initial desires, and lived a calm, stable and pure life. Fable: Lily Halapa, the angel, the king of Persia, was tired of all the luxuries and enjoyment given to him by the royal power, and prayed to God to become an unknown ordinary citizen in order to regain happiness and comfort. On a suitable night, in a poor village in Boca, a beggar prayed to God, hoping to get the comfort and enjoyment that Harappa had. God told two beautiful angels to plant a lily from heaven between Harappa's palace in Baghdad and the beggar's hut in Boca, and let Harappa meet the beggar at the lily. In Lily of the Angel, the two met, found their own happiness, no longer tired of their original desires, and lived a peaceful, stable and pure life. 1, Wealth and Happiness Western developed countries began to study happiness very early. The study of happiness in the modern sense is marked by the Related Factors of Self-declared Happiness written by Vanard Wilson (1967). It was not until 2006 that China talents began to combine GDP with "happiness index", emphasizing subjective well-being and bringing it into the evaluation index system of social development. "Happiness" appears in some government reports. Research shows that people with higher incomes are happier. Generally speaking, gross national product is positively correlated with happiness. The more per capita income, the happier people are. However, when the per capita GDP exceeds $8,000, the relationship between happiness and economy is not obvious. According to seligman, a famous psychologist, wealth has a great influence on happiness only when it is lacking, but when wealth increases to a certain extent, the correlation between wealth and happiness will be much smaller. Even the top 100 billionaires in Forbes list are only slightly happier than middle-income people. A survey in Beijing shows that when the family income is below 4,000 yuan, the happiness will increase with the increase of income, and the family income between 4,000 yuan and 7,000 yuan has the highest happiness and is relatively stable. However, when the income exceeds 7,000 yuan, the relationship between income and happiness becomes complicated. When the family income exceeds 15000 yuan and is between 15000 yuan and 305000 yuan, happiness drops sharply. 1. Wealth and happiness The western developed countries began to study happiness very early. The symbol of happiness research in the modern sense is "Related Factors of Self-happiness" written by Wanner Wilson in 65438+ 0967. China did not combine GDP with "happiness index" until 2006, emphasizing subjective well-being and bringing it into the assessment system of social development. The word "happiness" appears in some government reports. Research shows that it is not always the case that the more wealth, the happier. Generally speaking, GDP is positively correlated with happiness, and the more wealth, the happier. But when the per capita GDP exceeds $8,000, the correlation between happiness and economy becomes less obvious. According to seligman, a famous psychologist, wealth will have a greater impact on happiness only when it is lacking. When wealth reaches a certain level, the correlation between wealth and happiness will become much smaller. Even the top 100 people on the Fox Rich List, the rich with1250,000 dollars are slightly happier than those with middle income. The survey in Beijing shows that when the family income is less than 4000 yuan, the more income, the stronger the happiness; Families with incomes between 4,000 and 7,000 yuan have the highest happiness and are relatively stable; But when the income exceeds 7000 yuan, the relationship between income and happiness becomes complicated; In addition, when the family income exceeds15,000 yuan and enters the level of15,000 to 30,000 yuan, their happiness is at the same level as that of the family whose income is only 1500 yuan. Happiness is the real success. A thought-provoking story: a doctor of economics who graduated from Harvard University came to the Mexican coast for a holiday. When a fisherman got off a small fishing boat, there were several big fish on board. When he saw the doctor, he warmly invited him to his home. The doctor was very moved and entertained him with delicious fish, so he started a family conversation with the fishermen. He asked about the daily life of fishermen with concern. Fishermen say his life is simple. Every day, his task is to go to the seaside to catch some fish enough for the whole family, and then take it home to his wife. The rest of the time is to be with my family, or get together with a few friends to have a drink and play cards. The doctor thought this life was monotonous and hard, so he decided to help the fisherman with the knowledge of economics he learned at school. Let him get ahead and live a more exciting and rich life. The fisherman was of course very happy after hearing this and asked the doctor if there was any good way to help him. The doctor said, "If I were you, I could catch more fish every day, and besides eating it myself, I could sell it.". Save more money and buy a boat, so you can catch more fish and earn more money. " The fisherman asked, "What happened after making that money?" "When you earn enough money, you can also organize a fleet to engage in offshore fishing, go to the bank for loans, increase equipment, expand the scale of operation, set up a canned fish processing factory yourself, and then set up a large international enterprise to become a big boss. By then, you will have everything you want. You can even come to Harvard to study. " "When you are old and hand over the business to others, you will be relaxed." The more the doctor said, the more excited he became. "Then what can I do?" "You can come to the seaside for a holiday from time to time, invite some friends, sit on this cool Mexican beach, cook a fresh fish, drink some wine and do whatever you want. How happy you should be then! " "But isn't that what I am now?" Asked the fisherman. The doctor was speechless. -Yeah, what else can he say? I thought I had reached the peak of my ideal, but I found that I just walked a long way and returned to the starting point. Owen told us that the purpose of all human efforts is to obtain happiness. This story tells us that "happiness" is the greatest "success". 2. Only happiness is the real success. A thought-provoking story: A doctor of economics who graduated from Harvard University came to Mexico for a holiday. He met a fisherman who came ashore with some big fish. Seeing the doctor, the fisherman warmly invited him to his home and invited him to eat delicious fish. The doctor was affected and chatted with the fisherman. He showed concern for the daily life of fishermen. The fisherman told him that his life is very simple. He only needs to catch enough fish for the whole family to eat every day, and then take it home to his wife. The rest of the time, he stays with his family or drinks and plays cards with friends. The doctor thinks that this kind of life is not only boring but also hard. He decides to use the economic knowledge he has learned to help fishermen and make him stand out in a more exciting and rich life. The fisherman happily asked the doctor if he had any good ideas. The doctor said, "If I were you, I would catch more fish so that I could sell some fish I don't need.". When you have enough money, you can buy another boat, more fish and more money. " "Then what?" Asked the fisherman. "Then you have enough money to organize a fleet for deep-sea fishing. You can borrow money from the bank to increase equipment and expand your business, and even you will have your own fish cannery. Then you can become the boss of an international enterprise, have whatever you want, and even become a student of Harvard University. " The doctor is getting more and more excited. "When you are old, you can give your career to others, and then you will be relaxed." "Then what can I do?" "You can come to the seaside for a holiday from time to time, invite some friends to gather at the cool Mexican seaside to fish and drink, and do whatever you want. How happy you are then." The fisherman asked, "But don't I have such a life?" ..... What can the doctor say? He thought it had reached the ship of dreams, but he found that he had returned to the original point after a big circle. Owen told us that humans stripe for happiness. This story tells us that happiness is real happiness. Let's meet at "Angel Lily" and go back to the fable at the beginning. This fable has spread all over the world, and it has become a classic philosophical story to explain happiness and metaphor of life, warning all those who want to succeed in their careers and make their lives happy should stop at the "lily of angels". No matter what you do, you can't go too far, you can't go beyond the limit, you can't go beyond the boundary of "lily of angels", because angels always plant the brightest and brightest in their hands between greed and waste, between arrogance and self-abandonment, between laziness and overwork, between waking and lethargy, between poverty and wealth, between cowardice and recklessness, between hatred and worship, between stupidity and madness, between giants and dwarfs. Let's meet in "Lily of Angels" and wish all friends and relatives stop in "Lily of Angels"! Let's meet at "Lily of Angels". Let's go back to the fable mentioned at the beginning. This fable has been spread all over the world and has become a classic philosophical fable that expounds happiness and compares life. It warns those who want to succeed in their careers and have a happy life that they must stop at "the lily of an angel". No matter what you want to do, you shouldn't overreach yourself and go beyond the "lily of angels", because angels always plant the brightest and purest lilies between greed and waste, between conceit and self-abandonment, between laziness and overwork, between sobriety and poverty, between cowardice and arrogance, between hatred and worship, between stupidity and madness, and between giants and dummies ... Napoleon said: I can't have a happy time in my life. It is not difficult for us to achieve greater success than Napoleon, because we know that "happiness is the real success". Let's meet in "Lily of Angel" and wish all our friends to stop in "Lily of Angel"!