The old adage is true: you can't buy happiness

Child and adult psychiatrist Domenick Sportelli, DO, provides a new perspective by reviewing a Harvard study that proves the old adage true: “you can’t buy happiness”.

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[MUSIC PLAYING] Finances are important and we have to support ourselves, family, safety, security.

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But a Harvard study that has been following people for about 80-some years, at this point, showed that finances and wealth is not what truly makes people happy.

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What truly makes people happy, as a result of this amazing study, were relationships with individuals with participation

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in your community. So of course, finances are important. And it provides us security and safety,

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and we provide for our families. And we all need a roof over our head, and we need to eat. But just know that if you're striving for just financial

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wealth or you feel as though that's going to lead to happiness, unfortunately, it truly doesn't. And that's what the data supports.

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So if you're looking for happiness, you're not going to find it in wealth. You're going to find it in relationships,

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and genuine relationships in your community, and with your family, and time well spent with those individuals.