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Hello. I'm Dr. Julian Northbrook from https://doingenglish.com. Somebody asked, "How do I buy maximum happiness for the least amount of money?" This is simple.
First and foremost, stop thinking that having money will automatically bring you happiness. It won't. Sure, if you don't have money, the opposite is usually true. If you don't have enough money to pay the rent, to pay bills, to feed yourself properly, that is depressing, frustrating as hell, and painful. I know, I've been there. But just having money will not automatically bring you the happiness. Rather, it's how you use that money to invest in things that are going to give you a better, more satisfying life. For example, your own education and the skills that you need to make day-to-day life smoother and easier.
Second, massive simplification of everything that you do. This is a huge topic for me, personally. Everything that I own, for example, fits into a single carry-on suitcase. I don't have much stuff and the stuff that I do have brings me happiness. But also in terms of everything else. When I learn, I focus on the things that are going to get me the maximum benefit for the time and effort invested. When I eat, I eat the best, but I eat less. You get the idea. It's all about finding the complicated or the overcomplicated areas in your life that really are not serving you in any kind of way and simplifying so that everything is clearer and smoother and is doing more for less.
Finally, and you'll see a theme running through these three points, buy less, but buy the best. Now, it's not about necessarily spending less per item when you buy things. And I'm not just talking about things like clothes or equipment, I'm also talking about food and anything that you spend money on. Don't get into the mindset of cheaper is always better because it saves you money because often that costs more in the long run. Buy the best but buy fewer things.
For example, as I just mentioned, everything I own fits in a single carry-on suitcase. I don't buy many clothes, but when I do, I'm happy to spend. The last time I bought a jacket, I spent over a thousand euros on that jacket, but it's a small price to pay for something that I absolutely love and wear pretty much on a daily basis. When I buy T-shirts, like the one I'm wearing now, I'm happy to spend over a hundred euros if I have to. This one didn't cost a hundred euros, but I have spent that amount on T-shirts. Anything I buy, I buy the best. I buy for comfort. I buy for style. I buy what I want rather than looking for cheaper alternatives. And it's the same with food. I buy organic, I buy high-quality, so that the things that I eat brings me the maximum enjoyment. That was a weird word I just said. That bring me the maximum enjoyment, but also the maximum health benefits and all of that good stuff.
So, again, it's not about spending less per se. It's about not buying so many things or not spending on so many things. It's about thinking on in terms of return on investment so that you are getting maximum return for the money that you do spend.
All right, quick pitch. I help people using English as a second language who have already reached the intermediate-to-advanced level to speak better in their day-to-day lives and enjoy their life better as a result. The best place to go to get started with what I do is doingenglish.com/emails and you can sign up for my free daily email tips. All right. This is me, Julian Northbrook, signing out from this video. See you soon, guys. Bye-bye.
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Transcript:
Hello. I'm Dr. Julian Northbrook from https://doingenglish.com. Somebody asked, "How do I buy maximum happiness for the least amount of money?" This is simple.
First and foremost, stop thinking that having money will automatically bring you happiness. It won't. Sure, if you don't have money, the opposite is usually true. If you don't have enough money to pay the rent, to pay bills, to feed yourself properly, that is depressing, frustrating as hell, and painful. I know, I've been there. But just having money will not automatically bring you the happiness. Rather, it's how you use that money to invest in things that are going to give you a better, more satisfying life. For example, your own education and the skills that you need to make day-to-day life smoother and easier.
Second, massive simplification of everything that you do. This is a huge topic for me, personally. Everything that I own, for example, fits into a single carry-on suitcase. I don't have much stuff and the stuff that I do have brings me happiness. But also in terms of everything else. When I learn, I focus on the things that are going to get me the maximum benefit for the time and effort invested. When I eat, I eat the best, but I eat less. You get the idea. It's all about finding the complicated or the overcomplicated areas in your life that really are not serving you in any kind of way and simplifying so that everything is clearer and smoother and is doing more for less.
Finally, and you'll see a theme running through these three points, buy less, but buy the best. Now, it's not about necessarily spending less per item when you buy things. And I'm not just talking about things like clothes or equipment, I'm also talking about food and anything that you spend money on. Don't get into the mindset of cheaper is always better because it saves you money because often that costs more in the long run. Buy the best but buy fewer things.
For example, as I just mentioned, everything I own fits in a single carry-on suitcase. I don't buy many clothes, but when I do, I'm happy to spend. The last time I bought a jacket, I spent over a thousand euros on that jacket, but it's a small price to pay for something that I absolutely love and wear pretty much on a daily basis. When I buy T-shirts, like the one I'm wearing now, I'm happy to spend over a hundred euros if I have to. This one didn't cost a hundred euros, but I have spent that amount on T-shirts. Anything I buy, I buy the best. I buy for comfort. I buy for style. I buy what I want rather than looking for cheaper alternatives. And it's the same with food. I buy organic, I buy high-quality, so that the things that I eat brings me the maximum enjoyment. That was a weird word I just said. That bring me the maximum enjoyment, but also the maximum health benefits and all of that good stuff.
So, again, it's not about spending less per se. It's about not buying so many things or not spending on so many things. It's about thinking on in terms of return on investment so that you are getting maximum return for the money that you do spend.
All right, quick pitch. I help people using English as a second language who have already reached the intermediate-to-advanced level to speak better in their day-to-day lives and enjoy their life better as a result. The best place to go to get started with what I do is doingenglish.com/emails and you can sign up for my free daily email tips. All right. This is me, Julian Northbrook, signing out from this video. See you soon, guys. Bye-bye.
#DoingEnglish #JulianNorthbrook #learnEnglish
