This inverse relationship also holds true at the individual…

This inverse relationship also holds true at the individual level-the more mate-rialistic a person is, the less happy he or she is.

— from Enjoy the Flight (Living/Balance/Happiness/Passion) · Satisfaction: The Science of Finding True Fulfillment by Gregory Berns, MD, Ph.D.

In the book

Not all dissatisfaction is the enemy, mind you — the creative person's hunger to improve his work is the useful kind; the trap is the other kind, restlessness over things that are unimportant or can't be changed, and wisdom is largely the skill of telling them apart. It's no accident that the more materialistic a person is, the less happy they tend to be. Wealth itself is no shield: unhappiness is common among the rich precisely because they feel pressure to be happy and then guilt for not fully appreciating their luck, which only deepens the gloom. — Enjoy the Flight (Living/Balance/Happiness/Passion)

Also belongs to

• True North (Ethics, Integrity, Truth, Values)
• The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy)

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