Saturday, October 27, 2012

Happiness is not for sale

Seah Cheang Nee explain the difference between happiness and prosperity in this article. By leading a simple life, people can be happier and less stressed, such as in Bhutan.


4 comments:

Lye Khuen Way said...

Very telling in the article about a long time visitor complaining that no one smile or return a greeting anymore.

We do need a non resident to write and give his take.
Relying on CNA for that "Asian perspective " is day dreaming with no end in sight.

michael13 said...

A very wise and well-respected Professor Lim Chong Yah see the need for 'shock therapy' to arrest the big problem of widening wage gap that has aggravated our disunity and social-injustice situation.

He further explained convincingly:"Singapore's Gini coefficient - cited as an indicator of income inequality - has worsened steadily, from 0.422 in 1980 to 0.473 last year/2011, and within touching distance of the "dangerous" threshold of 0.5".

Hence, Prof Lim argued his case for freezing the salaries of the top earners(monthly salary of S$15,000 and above) for three years..........Salaries at the top, "already at times at stratospheric heights, should not move into a morally indefensible position of unconscionable but perfectly legal rewards", he added.

Prof Lim helps to enlighten us that leading a simple life, people can be happier and less stressed.

Weng Mao Fa said...

Visit our neighbouring countries (third world) and observe poor farmers who are happier than poor SGrean (the first world):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flGGoCM7Vzk

Weng Mao Fa said...

Students who are from very poor family - can not afford tution fee:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXl42W_RcpY&feature=relmfu

They are very happy and growing. Some of them will become farmer and grow rice for the world. Great ! Will the rich what eaten Thai rice appreciate them?

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