This book should be on everybody’s nightstand! It contains so much wisdom and truth, extracted from the author’s experience and knowledge, accumulated through the years and written with a fantastic sense of humor.
Reading this book made me feel a lot better about myself and my life journey, accomplishments, and my perception of being happy.
Scott Galloway is the New York Times bestselling author of The Four: The Hidden DNA of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google and a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business.
Just some of Scott Gallaway’s pieces of advice for Living a Happy Life:
- If you find you are stressed, recognize this is a normal part of the journey and just keep on keeping on.
- Lack of balance in the twenties and thirties, sweat and work translate into balance later. Get busy while you are young.
- The definition of “rich” is income greater than your burn rate.
- In 50s married couples have 3x the assets of their single peers. Why? Sharing expenses, streamlining decisions, buying assets that increase in value instead of things that rust, rot, or depreciate.
- Career advice: A less sexy job equals more professional fulfillment. A sexy job equals less fulfillment. A boring company equals a good investment. An exciting company equals a bad investment.
- Serendipity is a function of courage. Nothing wonderful will happen without taking a risk and subjecting yourself to rejection.
- Drink less, think long term (compound interest), and spend money on social and experiences.
- Give somebody a good death. Provide comfort to a loved one that is terminally ill.
- Get the easy stuff right: show up early, have good manners and follow up.
- Things vs Experiences – Studies show people overestimate the happiness that things will bring them, and underestimate the long-term positive effect of experiences. Invest in experiences over things.
Nadia Karaboycheva 