A Million Dollar…. What!?
I was recently flipping through a magazine that was send
to my house called, “house calls” that was sent by Roper St. Franchise
Healthcare. They had a brief article that actually stopped me from just
skimming to reading. The title read, “Million-Dollar
Smile”.
It goes on to talk about a new study that money actually
can buy happiness… or at least lead to wealth. London researchers analyzed more
than 10,000 Americans and found that the happier, more emotionally stable a
person is in their teens and early 20s, the more money they are likely to make
down the road. The study tracked participants’ emotional well-being at ages 16
and 18, their life satisfaction at age 22, and their income at age 29, and
showed that significantly unhappy adolescents earned 30 percent less than those
who reported being content as a teen. To explain the overall correlation,
researchers cited that overall, happy teen participants experienced an
increased likelihood of graduating from college and finding a job, heightened
optimism and extraversion, and decreased neuroticism.
To me, it was pretty staggering to read that nearly 1/3
of adolescents made more money in their later years if they grew up
happier. Part of me initially thought that those who were “unhappier” may have
wanted a different life for themselves but, either way make sure you are looking
at the brighter side of life and staying on track… with a big smile!
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