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Having more wealth or income than this reasonable amount may improve the level of happiness for some people, but it is not a prerequisite for happiness. On
the other hand, excessive wealth may cause problems of its own making.

An increasingly large percentage of the population are plagued with money problems. Many wind-up miserable and broke, having spent 40 years working long
hard hours only to end up with insufficient money to keep them in their retirement. They worry about money when they wake up in the morning, while they’re
having breakfast and during the day. They become overwhelmed with it to the point where it severely impairs their happiness in all areas of their lives. This is
an unhappy, unhealthy way to exist. This is not contributing to being the best you can be.

Peace of mind is affected by money. Most worry, stress and anxiety are caused by money worries. Money, or rather the lack of it is a cause of many health and
relationship problems. One of the main causes for divorce is arguments over money. You therefore owe it to yourself to develop your talents and abilities to
the point where you know that you can earn enough money so that you don’t have to worry about it. For some people £10,000 will be right, for others £100,000
wouldn’t be enough. You cannot be free until and unless you have enough money so that you are no longer preoccupied with it.

8. Satisfying and fulfilling work

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.
Eleanor Roosevelt 1884-1962, American First Lady,

People need satisfying or fulfilling work to experience a feeling of being productive and of making a difference to the world. This should not be drudgery.
Doing it should give the individual a sense of achievement and contributes towards high self esteem and self worth. It has been shown that an absence of
fulfilling, rewarding work is a major factor affecting the long term self-worth of the individual.

Fulfilling work helps us feel we are moving towards realising our potential in life. A lack of work erodes our confidence, and makes us feel, even at a
subconscious level, that we are making a valid contribution to our lives and the lives of those important to us.

A recent Japanese study of the relationship between work hours and heart attack risk revealed that men who worked less than 7 hours a day in an emotionally
unfulfilling job, were at increased risk of heart attack, and those who, on average worked 11 hours or more a day had twice the risk of heart attack. The number
of hours you are working might translate into poorer health over a long period of time. Clearly it’s a matter of getting the balance right. If you are overworking,
try to take steps to cut back or find time during the day for meaningful breaks.

As you will read in chapter 3, the five key needs of every human being are influenced by the existence or lack of satisfying work in the lives of us all.

The object of living is work, experience, and happiness. There is joy in work. All that money can do is buy us someone else's work in exchange
for our own. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
Henry Ford 1863-1947, American Industrialist, Founder of Ford Motor Company Page26