#53 Is Money the Key to Your Happiness with Podcast Host Kevin Palmieri

Be The Wolf

The sad fact is you need money to survive in today’s world. It takes money to put a roof over your head and food on the table. It takes money to transport you to the place where you will make the money.

So you got a job, and you work hard to get that money.

And once your needs are met, you can breathe. Or can you?

You see for most people, once their basic needs are met, it’s not enough. They’re still not happy.

So they decide they want a nicer house, a nicer car, and better clothes. They think once they have those things they can even get a better relationship. And then they think, once they have ALL of that, “Then, I’ll be happy!”

But how do you get all of that?

More money of course!!

Work harder, get promoted, chase the title that will give you more money!!

And because people want happiness, money becomes the number one priority in people’s lives. Even when they think they’re not money driven. How do I know this?

• People will suffer in jobs they don’t like for years. Why? For the money.
• Most people will only look for new jobs when they lose the one they have. Why? Because they are afraid of not having money.
• Great relationships and friendships fail because of money issues

We’ve all been groomed to believe that more money will buy us happiness. And the truth is, having more money can help to ease our pain. But it won’t buy you happiness.

What logic are we using when we trade 40-60 hours of misery for enough money to ease the pain of that job? Just so you can go back and suffer for another 40-60 hours next week.

More work for more money equals more pain, and you end up needing more things, therapy, self-care, more going out, more retail therapy, more chocolate … so you can deal with work to make more money which equals more pain so you need more …

Wouldn’t it be easier to just end the “suffering at work” part of it all?

My guest on this week’s podcast was on autopilot chasing the money. He was struggling with depression and contemplating ending it all when he heard someone say, “Isn’t it weird that we wake up every day and go to a job we don’t like?” This sparked an aha moment that led him on a path of self-improvement and actually finding happiness.

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Kevin is the founder and co-host of the Next Level University podcast. Early in his life, Kevin found “success”, but after a brush with near suicide he realised he wasn´t living a life he truly wanted. He became passionate about self improvement and decided to make it his purpose in life to impact as many people as possible by becoming a role model podcaster and speaker. He has succeeded to make his podcast one of the top 100 with over 1200 episodes and listened in over 125 countries. He has taken his life to the next level and achieved both personal and professional success.