Brands cost us a fortune for no particular reason other than flaunting logos made desirable by devilishly clever marketers .
We may opt for the over priced under performing iPhone that’s weaker than most androids only because it’s an Apple; same way a Under Armour plain t-shirt could cost us up to 500 LE while an identical non-branded one would normally sell for under 100 LE. Brands like Under Armour or Apple position themselves with brand attributes which promise their target market to satisfy an unfulfilled need/want.
People want to be associated with designer labels to project a certain image in society.
“Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body” – George Carlin
Money truly can’t buy you satisfaction.
The Beatles carefully noted that cash can’t purchase adoration, and we’d do well to recall that cash can’t purchase satisfaction, either. Research has demonstrated that there is no immediate relationship between salary and joy. Once our fundamental needs are met, riches have next to no effect on one’s general prosperity and joy. Also indeed, amazingly rich individuals really experience the ill effects of higher rates of discouragement.
Realism could destroy your connections.
Can money buy you happiness? Maybe.
Materialistic individuals additionally ordinarily have less professional social and compassionate qualities, both towards others and towards nature.
Maybe I’m stating my preferences. Be that as it may be, a noteworthy collection of mental exploration appears to be backing these sentiments. It proposes that realism, a characteristic that can torment both rich and poor, and which the scientists characterize as “a quality framework that is preoccupied with belonging and the social picture they anticipate”, is both socially and self-dangerous. It crushes the bliss and genuine feelings of serenity of the individuals who succumb to it. It’s associated with anxiety, depression and broken relationships.
