Money can't buy happiness, but placing less value on the things it can buy may improve your mental health. The longest ever study on this topic finds that becoming less materialistic leads to more ...

A materialistic spouse increases likelihood of martial discord, study finds. Oct. 13, 2011— -- Focusing too heavily on the "for richer" part of the nuptial vows could spell disaster for a ...

In January 1848, James Marshall was building a sawmill by a river near present day Sacramento when he found a piece of glowing metal on the floor, which turned out to be gold. Once rumours of the ...

When is it enough for a materialistic person? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. I’m a ...

Mark Promislo is a husband, father of two young girls, and a management professor at Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ, who recently published a study in the Journal of Occupational and ...

In this reflective video, the speaker shares a personal journey of realizing the pitfalls of materialism, emphasizing how the ...

ACCORDING TO a semi-established consensus among the intellectual elite in the West, there is no such person as God or any other supernatural being. Life on our planet arose by way of ill-understood ...

When self-esteem drops as children enter adolescence, materialism peaks. This study reveals a strong connection between an increase in materialism during adolescence and a decline in self-esteem.

You have views about what makes a life happy and successful. You have, in short, a philosophy. Your philosophy affects how you live and how you evaluate people's lives, including your own. It's not ...

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