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What Makes You Happier, Money or Respect?

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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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  • Money
    Pixie·ŸŸMzAwesome♠ƤĦĂĔŢ♠
    +2
    I could not care less if people respect me I respect myself!
  • Red Pixie·Ÿ... 2012/06/25 15:19:14
  • ronbo 2012/06/23 02:45:14
    Money
    ronbo
    +5
    Repect is nice but it doesn,t pay the bills.
  • findthelight2000 2012/06/23 02:42:33
    Respect
    findthelight2000
    That's why the super rich spend so much to rule the world. They think it will "earn" them respect, but it never will. People respect those that do selflessly for others more than they do the Fat-Cats that screw everyone to get the most money.
  • Red findthe... 2012/06/25 15:20:04
  • beach bum 2012/06/23 02:34:51
    Respect
    beach bum
    respect
  • tankbunny 2012/06/23 02:27:57
    Money
    tankbunny
    People already respect me. And with money I can pay mine and my brothers college funds which is all I really want to b happy :) everything else comes with it. Friends, job, more money, happy brother, etc.
  • diana fuentes 2012/06/23 02:25:45
    Money
    diana fuentes
    hmm money and you can buy respect lol
  • no1ymfan 2012/06/23 02:20:58
    Money
    no1ymfan
    +1
    I would not care to be a bum with dignity if I can be wealthy and hated
  • Christopher Kirchen 2012/06/23 02:12:55
    Respect
    Christopher Kirchen
    But money gets some measure of respect.
  • ☆ QueenAline 2012/06/23 01:58:44
    Money
    ☆ QueenAline
    +2
    If you have self respect...you don't need it from anyone else...so SHOW ME THE MONEY
  • Selketskiss 2012/06/23 01:50:40 (edited)
    Respect
    Selketskiss
    +1
    Neither one would make me happy..
  • ZeldaFan13 2012/06/23 01:46:36
    Respect
    ZeldaFan13
    Alot of people will probably bash me and call me a liar, but I Honestly don't give a damn about money! >.< I just want love and respect!
  • Curmudgeon 2012/06/23 01:14:32
    Money
    Curmudgeon
    If had to choose between being stupidly rich, and being respected by everyone I would choose money every time. As it doesn't matter if people don't like you if you have lots of money, you have the ability to hire people as greedy as you to keep the people that don't like you away.
  • words to live by 2012/06/23 01:07:09
    Money
    words to live by
    +1
    Gimme the money, I'll buy the respect....
  • Gaurdian Angel 2012/06/23 00:58:24
    Respect
    Gaurdian Angel
    +2
    i rather be respected than be rich
  • Hula girl - Friends not Fol... 2012/06/23 00:50:57
    Respect
    Hula girl - Friends not Followers
    +1
    Money comes and goes and goes more often then comes.
  • RasHooD 2012/06/23 00:45:21
    Respect
    RasHooD
    +1
    Money goes and comes back, but onec the respect is gone....it will be goooone for ever
  • Fang 2012/06/23 00:38:31
    Money
    Fang
    +3
    What can I say, I'm a greedy person.
  • luke 2012/06/23 00:34:35 (edited)
    Money
    luke
    +2
    I like having money to be able to go out with friends. I don't give a damn if some wanker whom I do not know doesn't respect me, they don't matter to me. The people that matter to me (My friends.) have my respect, and I have their respect. I like to spend time with those people, as they make me happy. Hanging out with them requires money. I also spend money on feeding/sheltering my dog and cat (Both of whom also makes me happy) and I, as well as upgrading/replacing my longboard (which the usage of makes my dog and I both happy.) and my computer (which I use to create art, which the creation of makes me happy.),


    So, in a sense, money makes me happy, because the people, animals, and things that matter to me all make me happy, and they all cost money.
  • Torchy luke 2012/06/23 01:37:44
    Torchy
    +1
    *applause*
  • Aquaduck luke 2012/06/23 05:13:48
    Aquaduck
    Friends? If you don't have respect, you don't have friends, unless you like having friends that disrespect you.
  • luke Aquaduck 2012/06/23 05:22:33
    luke
    I guess you completely skipped over the part where it says "The people that matter to me (My friends.) have my respect, and I have their respect.".
  • Aquaduck luke 2012/06/23 05:24:56
    Aquaduck
    No I read it, that's where I got it from in the first place.
  • luke Aquaduck 2012/06/23 05:30:34 (edited)
    luke
    So you obviously didn't get the point of my whole post, so I'll recap it here. I have people who respect me. Having respect does not make me happy. Being with friends, family, and the other people who love and respect me, and therefore matter to me, make me happy. Hanging out with them costs money, so in a sense, money makes me happy because I have to spend money to be with those people who love, respect, and appreciate me.
  • rustyshackelford 2012/06/23 00:34:15
  • Bigbrowneyes 2012/06/23 00:33:09
    Respect
    Bigbrowneyes
    +2
    It makes you feel worth something more than a dollar value. At least it does to me.
  • lori 2012/06/23 00:32:59
    Respect
    lori
    +1
    you can always get money, but you can't always get respect.
  • Wizard 2012/06/23 00:30:57
    Money
    Wizard
    +1
    Right now...I need the money more.
  • KingdomNow 2012/06/23 00:17:26
    Money
    KingdomNow
    +2
    I don't care if the peasants don't respect me.
  • JohnT 2012/06/23 00:17:14
    Money
    JohnT
    +2
    When your old respect is not something you think much about, but hey give me some bucks and I will at least leave some to relatives and friends that could use the help, and than if they smile that is good enough.
  • Rod 2012/06/23 00:17:13
    Money
    Rod
    +2
    Give me money. I don't need your respect to be happy, but I can sure buy some happiness with a lot more money. So... GIVE ME MONEY!!!
  • Torchy 2012/06/23 00:00:19
    Money
    Torchy
    +3
    I really don't care if people respect me. I tend to have a low opinion of the general populace already, most are so oblivious they don't realize how disrespectful they are just by breathing, so whether I have their respect doesn't really mean much. If I have money, I have freedom to escape from people.
  • Gwendol... Torchy 2012/06/23 00:12:59
    Gwendolyn Harper
    +1
    Is that why you look like a maniacal clown?
  • Torchy Gwendol... 2012/06/23 01:04:14 (edited)
    Torchy
    +1
    Yes, absolutely. I dress like that every day in public.
  • JohnT Torchy 2012/06/23 00:19:10
    JohnT
    +1
    Bravo and the truth shall set you free, I concur
  • Kaleokualoha 2012/06/23 00:00:08
    Respect
    Kaleokualoha
    +1
    Superficial people may believe that money brings respect, but that is true only for superficial people. The root of happiness is positive human relationships.
  • Culgan 2012/06/22 23:57:37
    Money
    Culgan
    +1
    Yeah I'll take the money thanks.
  • Gwendol... Culgan 2012/06/23 00:13:47
    Gwendolyn Harper
    +1
    I don't like the either or of this question. It really depends on how degrading the act is.
  • Z-Wolf 2012/06/22 23:55:50
    Money
    Z-Wolf
    +1
    Control over money normally gets you respect.

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