Original Title 原标题Money can’t buy happiness—it’s actually the other way around: Happy people ‘are more successful in life,’ expert says
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The average salary that Americans say would make them happy is $94,696, according to a Moneyzine.com survey of more than 1,200 people done in 2023. But research shows that money can’t buy happiness; happy people just seem to be more successful.
金钱杂志（Moneyzine.com)在2023年对超过1200人的调查发现，能让美国人感到幸福的平均年薪资是94696美元。但是研究显示，金钱不能买到幸福，幸福的人似乎只是更成功。
Tami Muller is a happiness trainer and positive psychology coach who has studied the science of happiness for the past five years. Through studying the topic, Muller learned that the hedonic treadmill of chasing happiness by trying to land the best job or make the most money isn’t an accurate way to attain it.
幸福培训员和积极心理学教练塔米·穆勒（Tami Muller)在过去五年一直对幸福科学进行研究。通过对这一课题的研究，穆勒发现通过找到最好的工作或挣到最多的金钱来追求幸福实际并不是获得幸福的真正方法。
“Happy people make more money, have better relationships [and] are more successful in life, not vice versa,” Muller says.
“快乐（幸福）的人挣更多的钱，拥有更好的关系，在生活中更成功，而不是相反。”穆勒说。
“You can be happy now, and at the same time, you can save money,” she adds. “This is really active acceptance.”
“你可以现在就快乐，同时还能存到钱。”她补充道：“这确实是积极的接受。”
Unless you’re using money to buy experiences, get extra time or donate to others, it can’t buy you happiness, social scientist and happiness expert, Arthur C. Brooks, teaches in his Harvard course about managing happiness.
社会学家和幸福专家亚瑟·C·布鲁克斯在关于幸福管理的哈佛课程里教导说，金钱不能为你买来幸福，除非你用金钱购买体验、获得额外时间或捐赠他人。
Choosing to engage in practices like building strong social connections and finding a purpose that fuels you is what actually leads to happiness and fulfillment, not achieving a specific financial goal, Brooks emphasizes.
布鲁克斯强调，真正能带来幸福和满足感的是，选择从事诸如建立牢固的社交联系和寻找激励自己的目标之类的活动，而不是实现某个特定的财务目标。
But being happier in life can lead to financial increases and success, Muller says. “Happiness is the thing that’s actually causing us to succeed,” she notes.
穆勒说，生活得更幸福可以带来财富增长和成功。“幸福快乐实际上促进我们迈向成功。”她指出。
A 2005 systematic review of 225 papers found that being happy can lead to success in different areas of life including income and health.
2005年的一份对225篇论文的系统评估发现，幸福快乐能给生活的不同领域带来成功，包括了收入和健康。
And when it comes to having better relationships, the happiest people who live the longest prioritize and strengthen their personal connections often, according to a Harvard study with more than 80 years of data.
当谈到更好的关系时，一份有超过80年数据的哈佛研究得出，最幸福、活得最长的人通常把他们的个人关系放在优先位置，并强化他们的个人关系。
“We really need to focus not on how to be more successful, but how we can be happier,” Muller says, “Then success will follow.”
“我们真正需要关注的不是如何取得更成功，而是我们如何变得更幸福（快乐）。”穆勒说：“然后，成功会随之而来。”
The average salary that Americans say would make them happy is $94,696, according to a Moneyzine.com survey of more than 1,200 people done in 2023. But research shows that money can’t buy happiness; happy people just seem to be more successful.
金钱杂志（Moneyzine.com)在2023年对超过1200人的调查发现，能让美国人感到幸福的平均年薪资是94696美元。但是研究显示，金钱不能买到幸福，幸福的人似乎只是更成功。
Tami Muller is a happiness trainer and positive psychology coach who has studied the science of happiness for the past five years. Through studying the topic, Muller learned that the hedonic treadmill of chasing happiness by trying to land the best job or make the most money isn’t an accurate way to attain it.
幸福培训员和积极心理学教练塔米·穆勒（Tami Muller)在过去五年一直对幸福科学进行研究。通过对这一课题的研究，穆勒发现通过找到最好的工作或挣到最多的金钱来追求幸福实际并不是获得幸福的真正方法。
“Happy people make more money, have better relationships [and] are more successful in life, not vice versa,” Muller says.
“快乐（幸福）的人挣更多的钱，拥有更好的关系，在生活中更成功，而不是相反。”穆勒说。
“You can be happy now, and at the same time, you can save money,” she adds. “This is really active acceptance.”
“你可以现在就快乐，同时还能存到钱。”她补充道：“这确实是积极的接受。”
Unless you’re using money to buy experiences, get extra time or donate to others, it can’t buy you happiness, social scientist and happiness expert, Arthur C. Brooks, teaches in his Harvard course about managing happiness.
社会学家和幸福专家亚瑟·C·布鲁克斯在关于幸福管理的哈佛课程里教导说，金钱不能为你买来幸福，除非你用金钱购买体验、获得额外时间或捐赠他人。
Choosing to engage in practices like building strong social connections and finding a purpose that fuels you is what actually leads to happiness and fulfillment, not achieving a specific financial goal, Brooks emphasizes.
布鲁克斯强调，真正能带来幸福和满足感的是，选择从事诸如建立牢固的社交联系和寻找激励自己的目标之类的活动，而不是实现某个特定的财务目标。
But being happier in life can lead to financial increases and success, Muller says. “Happiness is the thing that’s actually causing us to succeed,” she notes.
穆勒说，生活得更幸福可以带来财富增长和成功。“幸福快乐实际上促进我们迈向成功。”她指出。
A 2005 systematic review of 225 papers found that being happy can lead to success in different areas of life including income and health.
2005年的一份对225篇论文的系统评估发现，幸福快乐能给生活的不同领域带来成功，包括了收入和健康。
And when it comes to having better relationships, the happiest people who live the longest prioritize and strengthen their personal connections often, according to a Harvard study with more than 80 years of data.
当谈到更好的关系时，一份有超过80年数据的哈佛研究得出，最幸福、活得最长的人通常把他们的个人关系放在优先位置，并强化他们的个人关系。
“We really need to focus not on how to be more successful, but how we can be happier,” Muller says, “Then success will follow.”
“我们真正需要关注的不是如何取得更成功，而是我们如何变得更幸福（快乐）。”穆勒说：“然后，成功会随之而来。”