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What Makes You Happier, Money or Respect?

SodaHead Living 2012/06/22 18:00:00
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Was it Lil' Kim who rapped the lyrics "Money power respect... It's the key to life"? Turns out, she was only partly right. New research suggests happiness has a lot more to do with respect than it does with money, Medical News Today reports.

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In a series of studies, psychological scientist Cameron Anderson of the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, found that:

1) Respect and admiration, but not socioeconomic status, predicted students' social well-being. 2) The relationship between respect/admiration and well-being was partly due to the sense of power and social acceptance that the students felt in their personal relationships. And 3) Changes in respect/admiration corresponded to changes in MBA students' well-being. And respect/admiration predicted well-being more strongly than socioeconomic status.

"I was surprised at how fluid these effects were -- if someone's [social] standing in their local ladder went up or down, so did their happiness, even over the course of 9 months," said Anderson. What makes you happier: money or respect?
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  • jackie 2012/06/22 23:25:40 (edited)
    Money
    jackie
    +16
    Im a loner. People always had bad opinions of me and talked about me.

    some people like it when you are poor and pathetic like them, but when you get some money they all hate.

    thats what stop some people from being successful. because of what other people think.

    let them hate. they can

    kiss my ass

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  • HillaryLover 2012/06/23 07:35:03
    Money
    HillaryLover
    +1
    I am independent and I am an introvert. How I am viewed by other's is really not a major concern to me.
  • JoshuaHarper 2012/06/23 07:28:59
    Respect
    JoshuaHarper
    Money is what gives people power and power corrupts (*almost*) everything it touches.
  • David 2012/06/23 07:27:04
    Money
    David
    You can buy respect with money. Along with the majority of things you want/need.

    Money talks, respect whispers. However, health trumps all.
  • Dzeeng 2012/06/23 07:16:36
    Money
    Dzeeng
    +1
    and respect
  • DavidK 2012/06/23 07:08:48
    Money
    DavidK
    I did it the old fashioned way. I earned them both!
  • Saphirra 2012/06/23 06:50:58
    Respect
    Saphirra
    +1
    When it comes to money, there seems to be too many "fair weather" friends around and then what happens when that biggest asset is gone? With true respect, I could be the poorest person world but I will still be regarded as an autonomous being. And I will choose respect of my autonomy over money any day!
  • barby karring 2012/06/23 06:33:18
    Money
    barby karring
    +1
    Okay I thought about it and decided that money can buy respect even if temporary.
    And with money, everybody eat.
  • I<3Edward 2012/06/23 06:24:29
    Respect
    I<3Edward
    +1
    I hate money....unfortunately, I need it...
  • Red I<3Edward 2012/06/25 15:16:38
  • I<3Edward Red 2012/06/25 17:06:46
    I<3Edward
    and i don't
  • Red I<3Edward 2012/06/25 17:24:51
  • I<3Edward Red 2012/06/27 02:20:42
    I<3Edward
    actually...if we all respected one another...money would not be an issue :)
  • ~HopelessRomanticM17~ 2012/06/23 06:21:03
    Respect
    ~HopelessRomanticM17~
    +1
    Money is the root of all evil

    The end
  • Red ~Hopele... 2012/06/25 15:17:12
  • Joey 2012/06/23 06:12:08
    Money
    Joey
    +1
    **** respect . Respect does not pay bills .
  • strawberry 2012/06/23 06:06:17
    Money
    strawberry
    Of course I want respect, but believe me, people do respect you more if you have money.
  • MentalCabbage 2012/06/23 06:05:48
    Money
    MentalCabbage
    Both.
  • Aquaduck 2012/06/23 05:09:01 (edited)
    Respect
    Aquaduck
    +2
    If I had to pick just one. I don't understand how a person would prefer money. If no one respects you, you have no love, what's the point? Having kids and a spouse that treat like crap? Or are you just okay with marrying someone that only wants you for your money? Sure if you have money you can get respect, but those people that "respect" you won't be there for you. No love, no life, just drowning in a sea of money with nothing or no one to spend it on.
  • Chris -... Aquaduck 2012/06/23 14:06:41
    Chris - The Rowdy One! #187
    +1
    I chose money. I'm tired of worrying about what others think of me or how they treat me.
  • PatBB Chris -... 2012/06/23 18:01:12
    PatBB
    I assert that we have the right to be treated right despite what others think of us!
  • Chris -... PatBB 2012/06/23 19:40:39
    Chris - The Rowdy One! #187
    Awesome dude.
  • some idiot who thinks he kn... 2012/06/23 04:45:56
    Money
    some idiot who thinks he knows everything
    +1
    Those are both things I can't ask for and I've got to earn. If I can't have one without the other I'd still go with money. Still be able to keep myself alive. I am respected by everyone I know, unless they just don't respect me in secret. And I'm not happy, so money it is.
  • Aqua Surf 2012/06/23 04:38:29
    Money
    Aqua Surf
    +1
    Where I live, money=respect. It shouldn't be that way but it is. I'd still rather have money and hang the respect because we have children to raise and Obama has beaten us out of a lot of money. We used to have savings and college funds for the kids, now it's down to rob Peter to pay Paul. On the funny side, I'm reminded of that quote, "If you think money can't buy happiness, you don't know where to shop".
  • ↓←↑♣→NVL←♣↑→↓ 2012/06/23 04:27:21
    Money
    ↓←↑♣→NVL←♣↑→↓
    +2
    Money= Power= Respect
  • spencerc143 2012/06/23 03:50:54
    Money
    spencerc143
    +2
    If you have money, you get respect.
  • Dyonus 2012/06/23 03:42:38
  • Raphy 2012/06/23 03:38:38
    Respect
    Raphy
    +2
    Got to have respect. Respect can gain you friends. Money you can buy friends for a time. Until it run out.
  • fortycal_sig 2012/06/23 03:30:28
    Respect
    fortycal_sig
    Question and answer set are misleading, however. There are many contexts in which money = respect. Small-tippers take note.
  • fortyca... fortyca... 2012/06/23 03:34:01
    fortycal_sig
    Free-lunchers also take note.
  • jc 2012/06/23 03:28:28
    Money
    jc
    Don't give a crap what people think.
  • Leyla 2012/06/23 03:23:06
    Respect
    Leyla
    The most thing that makes me happy is respect because respect is everything to me without it I am nothing to the person I love or care if she/he don't have me any respect at all. If your lover,parents and friends give you money it doesn't make you happy but you can buy that money anything you want. Even though money can finish any time but respect stay forever like if you agree.
  • Brynn 2012/06/23 03:15:23
  • NEVER FORGET, NEVER FORGIVE... 2012/06/23 03:14:14
  • michael NEVER F... 2012/06/23 03:35:26
    michael
    Really? Just being a conservative? Hm. Lol
  • NEVER F... michael 2012/06/23 03:55:00
  • RainbowKisses(: 2012/06/23 03:05:44
    Respect
    RainbowKisses(:
    R E S P E C T ! <3
  • spencer... Rainbow... 2012/06/23 03:52:43
    spencerc143
    +1
    Find out what it means to me!
  • Rainbow... spencer... 2012/06/23 03:58:24
    RainbowKisses(:
    Haha yup how did you know>? XD
  • Dark Angel 2012/06/23 02:58:28
    Respect
    Dark Angel
    +1
    Definately respect. Without respect what would you be? Rich people spend all that money to buy respect and make their way to the top so why not start out with respect? Respect can get you places respect

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