"Rich and Famous"

According to the author, in his article “Achieving fame, wealth and beauty are psychological dead end”, he based it on a study by three University of Rochester researchers, which demonstrated that if you have many extravagant goals in life it can actually make you less happy. The research was based on tracking 147 alumni from two universities during their second year after graduation. They focused on important areas like satisfaction with life, self-esteem, anxiety, physical signs of stress, and experience of positive and negative emotion in their lives.

I think that our attitudes and cultures of consumerism have reached a breaking point over the last few years. We always want to be the best, have the best job and clothing, but just for fashion, to show others that we can buy those things. We have the wrong idea being successful is just having material thing. The best ways to stop this phenomenon are:

First, we have to know and give valve to the important things in our lives, like family having good friends, and feeling good about you. We have to forget about all the stress that caused thinking about money, fame and future.

Second, on piece of advice is that it is important that you know yourself deeply and fully, and explore aspects of yourself you’ve been afraid you pay attention to in the past. Knowing yourself helps you focus on thing that are really important.

And finally, but not less important, don’t get too hung up on your appearance, because after all. Beauty is pretty superficial. We have to care about us but not in an extreme way.

It’s important to have dreams and goals in life. However it’s more important to have peace and calm, and not worry about things that you can’t control.

Achieving fame, wealth and beauty are psychological dead end, study says. (2009, May 19). University of Rochester. Science Daily. Retrieved on July 9, 2009, from: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090514111402.htm.