Blorox Cleach the way to not compare yourself to others is by realizing your own blessings & opportunities & thanking God for them. If you don’t believe in God it will be much harder, God is also a way you can flip the switch when things aren’t going so well so its good to believe, if you don’t however you should look into “Pascals Wager”.
i, sometimes, subconsciously compare myself to others. but then we need to remind ourselves that the only person we should compare ourselves to is yourself. that was you can focus on your growth as an individual.
@@Danish2803 No, this has always been universal fact since time immemorial. Buddhism existed before Islam, you'll find it in Buddhism too. It has nothing to do with sects or religions.
Some people can be just as miserable as millionaires as they can be as people who barely have enough money to get by. I don't disagree with you, though. Spending money on *experiential* purchases, such as travels and such, can make a person happier. Money itself and spending money on materialistic things isn't a key to happiness.
x tonib x I think it also depends on whether somebody is satisfied and fulfilled for what they already had in life though. Just be grateful for what we have in life, enough is enough.
The point is to achieve a sense of peace regardless of your financial situation and the outside world in general. If you have money by all mean use it. But don't chase after it with a mentality that success brings happiness
Being content can last your entire life though, happiness is an emotion of course so it does cone and go, but you can still be happy about your life without being happy in the moment. And that's truly what its about
@wsxrfvyhnukpqazedctgbujmol A I usually feel sad and lonely but when i think about this more i realize that how happy i am about my life and that i can feel sadness and happiness even if i feel sad usually but im still happy that i am alive and yeah
This was me for years. 51 now. And seeing live through different glasses. It’s never too late. If you can still recognize where you came from. I’m excited about the future. ☘️
I'm also 51, recently separated, I have enough money to be comfortable (not rich, I still have to be careful with my budget), and I've been feeling like Noah for most of my life.
I mean yeah. If my work was making me miserable, but I had hundreds of millions of dollars as a result, its a *LOT* easier to stop doing said work and just be happier, as opposed to if I had too little to survive.
@@MiketheNerdRanger This is why I am grateful I grew up impoverished to know this fact. Thats why I hate when people say money doesn't bring happiness that the rich are depressed yadadyada. Look when you have your family member dying of cancer and your soo poor that you can't do nothing about it like pay for meds or provide world class healthcare to ease their pain you start realizing how important money is.
@@_nimrod92 hmm it's exactly because you lives in an American liberal society driven by money as a nation principle... That you can't afford medical health care freely... In many European state there is free health care system (payed from taxation but even the poorest benefits from it) and in general a social protection system with social residences, food supplies etc
Be aware of survivor bias in this story. The artist-brother could just be lucky. Most artists fail as they don't earn their living through their craft. For every successful story, where people followed their dreams and succeeded, there may be thousands of people doing the exact same things, not succeeding. However: If you seek personal growth, without comparing to anyone else, it might lead to a higher level of fulfillment.
Just a Korean casually walking by all these videos, this one hit me hard the most. I've been living so hard just to desire harder. Thank you for the video. This was a turning point to me of my 20's
In reality Noah didn't want the toy. Noah wanted to be accepted among his peers by possessing the toy & car. Since his family couldn't afford it he felt the discomfort of economic alienation and sacrificed a majority of his life to relieve it.
Dukkha, or desire, kills the soul. Attachment to the material is the root of suffering. That said the Buddha. You do not want a fancy car, or a house, or a job, or a sexy girlfriend... you want the easy things in life, you want commodity, you want status... Would you sell your dignity, your reputation or your honesty for a few millions? Would you be rich and famous for being a piece of shit? Would you leave your friends and family to impress a shallow bitch that will leave you as soon as she gets the chance? Would you starve and sweat like a meth-head on an elliptical, simply because you want to get laid? Pleasure and approval are fucking stupid concepts to live for. Ask any addict or any cheating husband how their quest for pleasure ended... And, unless you can read minds, you will never know what others honestly thin of you. Dignity, honesty, kindness, perseverance... those things will give you more status, more happiness, more love, more peace of mind and more respect than material possessions ever will. Yeah, buying some cool shit for you is OK, and you still have to pay for basic things, but that should not be your reason to keep going forward. Sorry for the blog post. Peace.
Exactly my thought. How can a millionaire who is already setup and got everything figured .. envy an utter bum who still takes money from his poor dad... give me a break!!!
too true, nobody gets everything in life, and gratitude is probably the virtue every adult needs to strive for to be happy. Without gratitude you will always be doing spin cycles in the samsara. I think I made a haiku.
Noah is financially free, doesn't ever have to work for anyone again and has the time to figure out what he is passionate about and do it - sounds like a home run to me!
@Jack Tweedale there's not. People like Alex (most of them) end up breaking their backs working all day in sweatshops and factories. I've seen it all. This video has some truth to it, but paints a false picture if reality. People would do well do take it with a fistful of salt.
@@7yep4336dfgvvh I think the video wanted to show that you don't have to look for happiness so much. Noah, even as a kid, never enjoyed what he had. He will never imo. He's comparing himself to his brother, who earns less, people like Noah would never be content with what they have. Working for something great or bigger isn't bad, but the journey is way more fun. You need to enjoy the path too, or you'll always wonder, what it would be like, to be that happy.
@@ryuk2479 I know what you're saying. You do have a point, especially as it relates to the story here. But given an even worse situation, it's hard to enjoy the ride. There's nothing fun or enjoyable about poverty, no matter how you want to look at it. Even the most optimistic person will get tired of having to deal with the never ending crap that an acute lack of resources brings.
@@7yep4336dfgvvh I do agree with you, but complaining about poverty won't help either. I might come off as really annoying here, and even though I agree with you, I don't know why I wanted to say that. I think a positive outlook towards life, helps us.
is doch true, I spent more time doing planks and sit ups than being any part of that team....... I would play not a single game, not a single minute and you know why?! beause I run faster than anyne of them, but I have absolutely no idea what to do on the court....... I can probably outscore all of the guards on a 3:3 but that doesn't matter because in real its 5 on5 and there are other dynamics and you know what happens?! I land somewhere in the corner waiting there not disturbing the real people doing their game, and wiating if it happens to be a kick out pass to a corner three, thats about it Ah I got another move, sorinting from defene into fast break and doing a layup..... Voila, thats all game I got.... so MJ and AI and shtit and stuff, and endurance and Cardio are completely useless especially if they pout a big dude on me that simply rams me into submission and pushes me off position and into out of bounce................. That'S the truth
@@holland3106 Because the Sims doesn't give you that many options. Real Life gives you like a billion things to do. If you're rich and don't like it you can still just restrict yourself.
@ASTROTHUNDER Well, I often suffer when I feel pain. Some people may be able to avoid suffering during pain, but when they were young there definetely couldn't.
I'm almost 22, dropped university a year ago because I wasn't really into it. Right now I feel like not making any kind of progress. As time goes by I'm more convinced that I lack of passion for anything, even though I'm young I don't have any sort of motivation, dream or something like that. I think I'm really screwed. It doesn't matter how rich or poor you are, if you have something you like doing, something that moves you, you should know that you are really lucky.
I feel like my life is the total opposite here, thought I might share. Ever since I was young I always had tons of interests, there was always something new I was interested in, many dreams and ideas were constantly running through my head. I even wished I was immortal so I could fulfill all of those dreams and learn everything there is to learn about the world, achieve everything there was to achieve. But because of my ambition that was way too high, I actually became passive with time and never really mastered any skill or subject, I never reached my full potential at anything. It was impossible for me to make a choice cause I was too passionate about everything and so by wanting to do everything I achieved nothing. All I could do was constantly dreaming about having all that knowledge and torturing myself by ignoring the fact that I was only human. But I thought average was just not good enough. I'm glad I saw the light recently and started to become more and more moderate by focusing on only one thing at the time, enjoying the experience of learning and creating rather that being obsessed about the goals I could never achieve. You don't need to be deeply passionate about something for your life to have meaning, you can just enjoy what life has to offers and focus on what makes you happy on a daily basis ^^
22/23 are difficult year's for lots of guy's - I'm one of them who now has his own 2 son's that age and I daily see their pain and angst - Hang in there guy and thing's will gradually work out for you, just wait and see.
Hey I am also 22 and I have the opposite mentality. I just graduated from college and I have so many more ambitions. Ever since, I was young I loved music, art and anything in that spectrum. It drove me gave me purpose, still does. Sometimes, it's like I am running in mist but I love music and this is what moves me. But what I love the most is Life. Life is beautiful. ❤️
Can I just say while Alex has to continue painting and grinding the rest of his life or until he hits a solid break, now Noah has all the time in the world to find a passion and devote all of his money and time into it. When he feels like he’s overdoing it he can always take a step back and stop , money gave him that option, where as alex has to continue with his passion weather he’s burnt out or now.
I disagree…I’m like Noah. I have all I want now and have a good size bank account, but now I suffer from depression and anxiety from selling my soul to corporate America. I have no capacity to want to chase passions anymore. While Alex is grinding for the rest if his life, he was happy. I spent decades being unhappy in corporate America and now I’m still unhappy with much more than I’ve ever had. I really wish I could had taken a different path.
@@kaym7704 im poor and have the same mind set. i think its just a personal thing at that point, money cant solve our problem bud. we just gotta find a new s park or something but i feel for you
I relate to Alex. But I'm really poor and can't actually make money with the things I appreciate to do. And I'm unhappy as Noah, but my problem is actually more about leaving the armor I build myself to not let people know when I'm hurt. I'm hypersensitive, and I feel shameful if I let anyone see I'm crying. Seems hard to overcome that feelings and habits.
@AGKyran : As lx i said, it's all about your perspective. I know we are programmed completely illogically about such things, but if you think you are weak for being afraid to show your feelings, just imagine how much weaker someone has to be to literally be afraid to just witness it. Never forget that people *only* make fun of others out of some sense of fear. Laughter and comedy are how we humans deal with things that are too hurtful to even cry about. If you diligently search for the root cause of why people find things funny, you can see this for yourself. This makes it not only easier to understand that you are stronger than you have been led to believe, but also it helps us to have compassion for those who are mean, as well as be able to put them in their place more often as well. I don't mean like telling someone off, but actually caring enough to understand how fucked up their life must have been to become so hateful. Then we can actually see closer to the root of their issue and either simply walk away, or kindly point it out to them, then go on about our own business. But also, I'm not saying to go around trying to give them all hugs either, that's just asking for trouble. Find the balance each situation deserves, especially the situation within yourself, because that is where strength lies for each of us. Introspection is the greatest quality a human can have, because from being introspective we can see the benefit of all other positive qualities. Peace and prosperity to all of you. ^-^
@@aylbdrmadison1051 You're right. The idea is that I'm just trying to free myself. I want to do stuff and I don't do it because of fear, and that is something I must resolve. But I do know that a lot of people have it worse than me. I know I'm strong because I lived harsh stuff and I'm still there, I haven't gone crazy (at least I think). And even more, I'm still alive. So much times I hated myself and had suicidal thoughts. Sometimes as soon as I waked up. Sometimes I hurt myself. And I did it pretty much alone. To be honest, I'm a carpet. I care too much about people's opinions and reactions. And I'm actually changing that. Today I succeeded. Maybe tomorrow I will not, but I think (I hope) I'm ready to fight for myself. Thank you for your answer. It makes me realize more that people don't do stuff for no reason at all. I knew it before, but it is a bit clearer to why some people done some stuff. Peace and prosperity to you too :D
@@ethanno7164 eat healthy. work out. get a job. get on a healthy sleep schedule. drink a shit ton of water. it sounds retarded but I was where you're at before I started doing these things. it's utterly miserable at first, but gets more enjoyable and you start feeling better very quickly, both physically and mentally.
1) love your profile pic 2) I'm in the same boat. I've spent years evaluating what to do with my life. It's easy to see financial success as a solution to your problems when it can open up so many doors for you. Without a sustainable income to keep afloat and enjoy even the smaller things in life, it is hard to enjoy life at all. Financial illiteracy from a young age and the resulting debts have consumed my adulthood; consumed my mind to the point of burying all but the smallest amount of positivity. I work hard to bring home a good amount of money so that I can pay the bills and it still isn't enough to get by. I don't eat out, I don't go shopping, or hang out with friends, I do practically nothing. The result? I gain nothing for it. It is enough to drive a man to insanity. The solution: a second job to pay off debts owed for the next 2 years before I can move ahead with any future plans to get married, change careers, have kids...2 years is a long time, but my hope is that I will be able to finally find a sense of peace at the end of it all. It is going to be damn hard to come back from it all after pushing my friends and family away for the last decade. It hurts me to not be able to give my gf what she deserves as well. The sacrifice is damn painful. 2 years....2 years and I'll be able to live and not just survive.
I'm hitting my 32 year life crisis. Just slept for three days while sick, first days off in months, alone with myself thinking about this topic exactly. I have two farms, a tiny house, all my highschool friends are dead, no new friends or girlfriend in years, see my family once a year. Used to do so much with my talents, now I barely have time to eat my own food that I produce. Or I go days without talking to anyone but birds. I see the gates closing, and need to make a change before they are shut. Good news is I quit smoking at my first step forward, smoked for 8 years,, 7 days off so far. Watched waterworld and the bad guy hands out cigarettes every scene, didn't cause any cravings. I quit every year for months and have it down to a science, but this time feels different, like it's the last chance. got it in the bag
Wish you the best, appreciate what you have, your Farms for example. some people have just a cardbox apartment in a big beton cube with hundreds of different apartmens filled with people you never spoke to. You sond like a guy i would enjoy hanging out, not so shallow and meaningless like most people i meet in my surrounding.
Sell your farms, house and move. Start a new life! Move to a big city where you will be closer to family (if possible), make new pals, meet new women, and find a new job. The worst thing you can do to yourself is to remain in a situation that you hate.
@@pibly674 maybe instead of comparing materialistic possession that are declining both literally and in value, we can compare what amount of 'good' you are giving to the society and world. Yeah it sounds a bit utopian but it's concept to explore nonetheless
Well shit, this hits home. Every time I’m almost happy I compare myself to my friends, get jealous, then depressed. Then mad at myself because I am being jealous when I have a very good life. Then I usually try and fall asleep. My daily routine 👍😥
^ This! Plus the only people able to eek out any kind a living with art are the art dealers, not the people producing art. And only the people buying and selling artwork from old, dead artists. Artists have a history of dying young and alone, depressed and never has it been more true in history than now, because nobody is buying paintings from current artists.
I work for a museum and thus is true. Anyone can declare themself an artist. People approach the museum director all the time and say they're an artist, and he just dismisses them.
@@mascara1777 There’s a lot of bad art out there even from people who have studied art and have MFAs in painting. I worked at the de Young and the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, as well as a couple of art galleries, and the de Young has artists in residents. Most of them are bad. And these are people who have gone through the whole process of being vetted, being deemed important and talented enough to have an “artistic voice” that the museum wouldn’t be ashamed to be associated with. There were very few artists that showed their work in that program that I was at all impressed by. Now, that being said, art is subjective, and not even all of the artwork that makes it into museums should be hanging there. It’s sometimes only there because the associated artist was famous for other great works. But the artist him or herself would be cringing or rolling over in his or her grave to see their lesser works hanging in a public space for people to view.
I've been married better than 25 years to the same wife. We have 5 kids. My wife has multiple health issues, which began about 17 years ago. We live in a modest house we call home. My kids love their "home," and my children who no longer live with us love coming home. It hasn't been easy being married with 5 kids. Nights were very long with little children, especially with an unhealthy wife. I spent plenty of time being a mom and a dad...that was not easy. I bathed my kids, changed diapers, cleaned children and their bedsheets loaded with vomit in the wee hours of the morning, got them ready for school, braided hair, cleaned the house, cut the yard, and cooked many meals. Then came teenagers...especially teenage daughters with a whole new set of challenges I could never have imagined. Some career aspirations were sacrificed or put on hold for the benefit of my family. We bought our kids slushies instead of milkshakes; we went to the "dollar" theater instead of fancy cinemas; our vacations were short, two-hour excursions; sometimes we just stayed home. There were times when I wondered how I could go on. Sometimes I wished for a different life with more money and career success, but no one should ever spend much time on "what might have been." But this much is absolutely certain... ...my wife and children have given me the happiest times of my life. What could be better than that?
I appreciate you putting these words together on a comments section in a video this one day. For reasons I’m probably familiar with but would never admit, I feel it’ll remain with me. Thank you, I’m pretty sure.
A condom here and there, probably. Call me dick if you want, but i have a reason to believe that such heroics outside of any frontline or saving lives is simply uncalled for, whether people can put up with it or not. Having your daily life such a struggle for years is objective hell.
I hear you 100%. Married 25 years with 6 kids. We have a tiny home but it's ours. I have so many good memories and look forward to so many more. I wouldn't trade with a rich person. Glad to hear someone else out there thinks the same. God bless.
@toorf i would not say that he is selfish. my opinion is, that he simply never knew that he lived for him and only himself. he acted like there was no deeper meaning in life, all he had was his broken childhood dream he unconsciously held on to. to all of you, reading this: go out there and do what you love - just like alex did - and your life will have an happy end. i promise.
invisible girl how do you find what you love? I’m a sous chef at a restaurant I get good money but I hate everyday of my life is the same shit everyday. And if I get less money i won’t be able to pay for everything I have. 🥺😢😭
@@ViperTheNoLife quit and find a way to enjoy your life you only have one why waste it doing something you hate just for material things and a false sense of security
Comparing yourself to others does benefit you in some way like motivatoon to do better. Example (Allen iverson and kobe) just dont overcompare and see things as it is
@@athanasiusrisang Idk man i'd love to be like Henry David Thoreau and i think it'd be healthy for me to pursue that. Definently going to go through alot of suffering at first but it'll be worth it.
I mean like without it you may be a homeless beggar. And to survive in this transactional based world you need good economic means. Money can literally buy you anything... 🤷
@Random Guy you say that but happiness can theoretically be bought. financial freedom, never working a day in your life, endless exploration of various passions and topic.
Loved the video. I can get a lot by this. 1. You’ll waste your life comparing yourself to others and what they have. 2. Money can’t buy you happiness. 3. You can spend your whole life wanting this and that. Sometimes once you get it you still find yourself not satisfied with something. 4.Happiness is a choice and is free. It cannot be bought by material possessions or money and status. I really needed to see this!
This video has many stereotypical, shallow and vapid parts, but the point of it is pretty pure. Don't look for happiness, sacrifice for it, wait for it, strive towards it through comparison, wealth, family... Find a way to be content internally and the external factors will follow.
I think people have a hard time seeing past the big house, several cars, beautiful woman and career doesn’t always equate to happiness. It’s a lie society has sold to us since birth and people don’t want to except that. In what way is it shallow? Its a general guiding principle we can all apply to our own lives. Do you expect it to be very specific to only your own life? Maybe see a psychologist instead of watching a TH-cam video then.
@@scottf5791 It's been 10 months since I saw this video and I can't rewatch it all again, but I did skim through it. I agree that those are some of the fabrications that people accept as true and that they lead them to unfulfilling lives. What is shallow is that it only talks about this. The format of the video is that of a fictional life and it looks fine on the surface, but you can see that the message came before the story i.e. that the story was made to fit the narrative of exactly what you said in your comment:"... people have a hard time seeing past the big house, several cars, beautiful woman and career doesn’t always equate to happiness..." The message is fine, as I've said, but this video isn't a sentence or a 30-second example, it is a full story of someones, albeit fictional life. Warping this format into a delivery peace for a message is what made many parts of the video, in my opinion, shallow. I am seeing a psychologist for my own mental health, thank you for your concern. Besides this, I'm studying philosophy at the university since I'm interested in it, not only for my own practical application in life but as a way of gaining a deeper and more diverse understanding of, well, everything. I mention this not to distinguish myself as some sort of an expert and by proxy of that distinction to "win" an argument, but to answer your question about me in some detail. Anyone can lie about their identity online and on top of that, being a student or even a professor of anything, including philosophy, doesn't necessarily mean anything about their reasoning in some particular thing e.g. this one. "It's a general guiding principle we can all apply to our own lives" - I would like to state my disagreement here. The message of the video can be nicely summarized as you did in the sentence I quoted before, as well as in my original comment. That is not a general guiding principle that can be applied to all lives. The ethical reasoning behind that message is much deeper and more complex than the message itself leads on. Regrettably, I don't have it in me to write even more than I already did, so I'll say that there are a couple of schools of thought that dwelled into those complexities. I would recommend reading about Stoic, Cynic, Sceptic, Epicurean, and Cyrenaic ethical teachings; or Socrates (though mainly through Plato's writing), Plato's, or Aristotle's ethics. They are some of the first people who thought and wrote about ethical questions and messages, such as the one in this video, in the western tradition. I'm not well versed in the Eastern tradition, but I'm sure that Lao Tzu and Confucious would be good starting points. For something more religious I'm more inclined to recommend Buddhist texts, but Christian theologians have much to say as well. That's it from me.
I love this story. You look at Hollywood and other rich and famous and on the outside it looks glamorous but their lives are filled with drugs, multiple divorces and problems.
@@veronicaana me either. There's comes a point where unhappiness is a matter of perspective, and having plenty of money gives you all the freedom you're ever going to have, in order to do, be or have whatever it is you want, or makes you happy. If you're rich and still unhappy, then you'll be unhappy no matter what you have, so sympathy is pointless. I know people will try to appear "compassionate" by sympathizing with the rich, but if the rich can't be happy given what they have, how the hell is your sympathy going to help them?? Save it for someone else. It's just being deliberately stupid. You simply have no excuse when you're rich. You have access to anything that is available to help anyone, anywhere, so if you, as a rich person [I know I repeat myself] can't get your shit together even with all the resources available to anyone on the planet, and which most people will never have, then no one and no thing can help you. And if you're in that condition, the best thing you can do is GIVE it away to someone who CAN make some good use of it, instead of hoarding it while it does you no good. At least let it do SOMEONE some good.
For some reason the phrase “toxic self-help video” comes to mind when watching this. It is a rare talent to make millions and be able to retire at an early age, and also a rare talent to be footloose and fancy free, painting and selling art for enough money to be “comfortable.”
It's more about stoicism and applying it to a more realistic scenario. Bear in mind that the title has "A Short Story" in it, meaning not everyone who lives like this or attempts to is going to reach the same results, obviously.
VZ_ 342 it's just saying do something that makes you feel personally fulfilled instead of filling the void with material things hence the comparison between the 2 brothers professions
The parents are the realistic example of how to live a good life. Get a job, work hard, be frugal, work your way up, all while raising and enjoying your family. I was blessed with failure and poverty in my early adult life. That experience drove me to seize the moment when an opportunity for a career presented itself, and I made the most of it.
@Merlin 76 lemme rephrase, the video is about the philosophy of stoicism, using a fictional short story to give it context, not a "how to" guide for people to follow
I liked the message this story tells. I hate the way "success" is always measured by ones income and their possessions. Shouldn't one's success be measured by their true happiness. I see people who are committed to succeeding and never stop long enough to enjoy life. These people are rarely truly happy and wrongly believe it's because of unobtained success. Truly sad. THAT is a wasted life.
Be careful going towards extreme ends of both sides. I came from family which had faced lots of issues in regards to money. Lack of money affects your psychological well being big time. You don't need to be on grind 24/7 but you also don't wanna remain mediocre.
@@deltaman2283 no bro...this video Is literally telling you that just have a average life,a wife, produce some kids and be happy.Absoute ridiculousness.Everyone does that(mating and reproduction)...from a freaking amoeba to a whale...what makes you a human?..your intelligence...so kindly make use of it,make an impact.If you are getting paid more this implies you are contributing more.This video is suggesting you to accomplish what every random cat or dog does...if you still like it,go for it
@@barnali9025 I understand that thing very well. I just wanna point out that through your journey of success don't forget to enjoy the journey or the process...otherwise when you achieve success...it feels like it's empty...and you won't be satisfied. I ain't saying anyone to live an average life(well it's upto people...how they want to live their lives), I'm just saying that enjoy your life, enjoy your journey to success...don't just run after success and forget to enjoy the journey. Cuz the journey is thing that you will remember forever. That's it mate! Have a great day ahead! Hope you achieve success(whatever thing that you think as success for you) 🙏🏻
@@deltaman2283 yeah...I get it...but all one can do is enjoy what they are doing but if you try to balance...one may or may not achieve success as till today all successes required some sort of sacrifice.Coz that's how life treats everyone...to give something,it takes away something else. So I guess we need to prioritize what we want more.Thanks for your wishes bro😊...I am studying to become a doctor and hope to open an nursing home some day in my hometown.All the best to you for your future.
@@barnali9025 Thank you very much! Yeah, I agree with all of your words. We need to enjoy the things that we need for our success! It's great of you to aim for becoming a doctor. It requires a lot of hardwork and dedication. I'm sure you'll become a good doctor one day. It's such a noble work to save people's lives. Once again thank you for your wishes. Have a great day!
I don't know about not being Happy because When I watch these Videos I feel Really Happy and I learn some things but although I'm not using most of that gained information so it goes down the Drain.
The point is that Noah didn't do all this because he was interested in business. Yes, he made a successful company, but he just did this just to reach goals that kept inching away from the realm of personal happiness. He can do the same thing and make the same company if he cared about business, but that added passion and lack of prioritization of material goods would have made him happy on top of everything. The video isn't anti-money or anti-successful company haha
@Mike Hmmm, maybe I'm just being dense but the video didn't suggest that there was something wrong with any of that. The video actually had pretty much the same message as what you were implying, but it was more about being who you *want* and need to be to get through life.
I was really thinking that I had very big problems in my life but now after reading some comments, I realised that my problems were nothing as compared to other people but they are still striving and hoping for the best. That is one lesson which I learnt.
material pleasure only gets you so far. Crying in a Lambo may be better than crying in the street but worse than being genuinely happy. Moreover, unhappiness exists equally in the lives of the top 1% and that is testament to the fact that money is not the cure all.
So he went to the Bahamas the next day and cried on the beach, at the massage parlor, and while eating his dinner of filet minion and lobster in a fancy restaurant. He did feel a little better when he brought sadness to another by stiffing the waiter, who didn't refill his drink quickly enough.
i have spent too much of my life thinking i could only be happy in other relationships. guess what. i was miserable all the time. happiness is from within, NEVER from someone else, or any amount of money or things. I promise you.
no wife, no kids, no one to bother him, owning a bunch of things, good relation with his brother, man Noah's life is epic. i wonder how it must be like to be that happy
Exactly. Having a wife and kids isn't for everyone. I feel like society pressures so many people into that when it may not be your thing. Just look at the high rate of divorces that has been going on.
@@kieransoregaard-utt8 what a weak comeback. u sound dumb. being educated has nothing to do with that. if ur so educated surely u would have caught that logical fallacy before u posted it 😬
Yeah cause he doesn’t want happiness he wants things. He thinks that things and happiness are synonyms. They’re not. If you want happiness you literally just be happy. That’s it. It’s free.
respectively, Noah should be proud of his accomplishments. It takes a lot of drive and dedication to become that successful, but it is true what they say, once you hit the top, after shedding so much of your personal life to get there, it feels lonely and dull.
except that Noah didn't see that accomplishment as a positive strive. He saw it as a gateway to get something more for his peers and his own self worth, in the end, he overlooked that you don't have to look far to get your own happiness, but just enough to come by to make life easier.
You can be happy by yourself. I believe the sentiment of this video is to not compare yourself to others and do what makes you happy in the long run while also being able to support yourself. There are plenty of people that live on their own and are happy.
Ratan tata . One of the richest men in India. Literally no one hates him in India . Every Indian loves him . He has no family . No wife no daughter. But he did what he liked . Cars was his passion . Ultimately his passion made him rich too . So now he is happy with success plus with no family to share it with . (Although no one knows what is going on in his mind . Is he depressed or stressed or happy )
i understand "you cant buy the best things in life" but at the same fucking time you cant really enjoy life when you are struggling often. painting is one of the hardest kind of work to make a profit.
the money is in painting houses, to make it in art you have to hype an image ,its not the quality of your work. look around ,see what kind of hacks get all the glory!
Steven Not true at all. The happiest times in my life were when I was down & out. Lived in my car for two years. Miss it. Money isn’t actually even necessary to sustain life. It’s amazing how much money a person can spend, acquire, or both & only get more miserable.
fascinatinglist The problem is watching all those tutorials feeling like you are doing something productive but never applying them. How good is a business tutorial if you never start a business because you are watching tutorials all day.
Happiness isn't eternal, everyone has moments of happy times and sad times, so did Noah......except we are only focusing on the sad part of Noah's life and the happy part of Alex's life in this video.........and that, isn't realistic at all...
Exactly..they didnt even covered the sense of pride and happiness in Noah's eyes...after achieving a target...so this video is misdirectional..inspiring people to not to do anything out of thier capacity (aukat)
Indeed, it's very one sided and unreaistic. Even people who make it through art and music have a lot of blood sweat and tears along the way and if they didn't have aspiration and commitment they wouln't get anywhere! ;=0 But nowadays all the bums who did nothing with their life say that those who worked hard for a good life were "privileged". No, they just got off their butts and worked until they got what they wanted out of life!
I can't imagine how people can be filtered this hard but a simple story. The point of the video is that to Noah none of his accomplishments actually matter. He's basically depressed. It doesn't matter what he achieves because it will never be enough. It's such a simple theme. The point of the story of your life instead of chasing infinite growth.
Moral of the story: Don't chase things that you think will make you happy. Focus on your passions and enjoy little things in life. If you set yourself a goal, let it be about the journey and not the destination.
@@simkont6793 Everyone has some kind of talent and a passion. If you think you don't have it, it means you haven't discovered it yet. Try out new things, get out of your comfort zone often and eventually you will find something you love doing. Remember that it may take a lot of time. Some people find their passion early in their lives while for others it can take half their lifetime.
@@simkont6793 everyone has a passion, you just need to look for it. That something you do whenever you want to just feel good (touching yourself counts if you're willing to make a business out of it online).
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“Comparison Is the Thief of Joy”
- Theodore Roosevelt
FWALyfe yup it’s the real reason why people are not happy
It's hard not to compare though
Blorox Cleach
the way to not compare yourself to others is by realizing your own blessings & opportunities & thanking God for them.
If you don’t believe in God it will be much harder, God is also a way you can flip the switch when things aren’t going so well so its good to believe, if you don’t however you should look into “Pascals Wager”.
@@bloroxcleach3439 it really is hard..
i, sometimes, subconsciously compare myself to others. but then we need to remind ourselves that the only person we should compare ourselves to is yourself. that was you can focus on your growth as an individual.
“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less" - Socrates
Smart bloke that socrates
@@azreedZindro7295 My brother I love you
I really like this.
This is basically the philosophy of islam..
@@Danish2803 No, this has always been universal fact since time immemorial. Buddhism existed before Islam, you'll find it in Buddhism too. It has nothing to do with sects or religions.
The key take away is to never compare yourself to other people's lives.
I feel you but then how does one improve themselves
@@bryanf4243 th-cam.com/video/cz2tYGt0_As/w-d-xo.html
@@bryanf4243 by trying to be better than you were yesterday
I made my life pretty miserable doing this
yeah, just find what makes you happy and stick to doing that and you'll probably be successful
the successful part is debatable, but you'll be happy
I forgot who told me this, but it has stuck with me since a teenager, "Comparison is the root of all evil".
Fact.
no, pogostuck is the root of all evil
What? Its not the "love of money?"
is that a junji ito cat
@@adriatical9016 looks like it
“Every man is happy until happiness is suddenly a goal”
Underrated quote
That is a great Quote. You have it.!!!
U just solved the biggest problem i was going thru in my life...
@@titansfitness3393 it's just a quote dude
@@TonySuperano you dont seem to see the power of quotes.
The only difference between noah and me is, at the end he got everything he wanted.
Noah, but whatever
That’s why he’s unhappy. Because he keeps wanting more considering he basically got everything he wanted in the beginning :/
You don't get the point of the video do you?
@@darkproject3368 except for a peaceful life like his brother, he had everything.
Is your name Noah too?
Money cannot buy happiness but life’s much more miserable without money.
Exactly!!!
Some people can be just as miserable as millionaires as they can be as people who barely have enough money to get by.
I don't disagree with you, though. Spending money on *experiential* purchases, such as travels and such, can make a person happier. Money itself and spending money on materialistic things isn't a key to happiness.
x tonib x I think it also depends on whether somebody is satisfied and fulfilled for what they already had in life though. Just be grateful for what we have in life, enough is enough.
The point is to achieve a sense of peace regardless of your financial situation and the outside world in general. If you have money by all mean use it. But don't chase after it with a mentality that success brings happiness
As long as you have food, shelter and security, nothing can stop you from being happy.
"One loses joy and happiness in the attempts to possess them." - Masanobu Fukuoka
This is so veryn true
This is so veryn true
Yes.
I wonder how it must be like to have a youtube video with that many views. I wonder how it must be like to be that happy.
Lol
Get out of my head buddy.
🤕
pure exampl of noah
Lmfao
Happiness is only temporary. Just like most emotions. They all come and go at some point. Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you cry.
Peak gen z nihilism
Being content can last your entire life though, happiness is an emotion of course so it does cone and go, but you can still be happy about your life without being happy in the moment. And that's truly what its about
@@reaction6370 said better than I could articulate
You can be more happy or less.
@wsxrfvyhnukpqazedctgbujmol A I usually feel sad and lonely but when i think about this more i realize that how happy i am about my life and that i can feel sadness and happiness even if i feel sad usually but im still happy that i am alive and yeah
“Comparison is the thief of joy.” Ain’t sure exactly who said it.
Theodore Roosevelt
@@Fuzzy_Halo Thanks Fam
I'd say comparing to people who are more succesfull than you steals joy. Just compare yourself to losers and you'll be fine
harold van de haar Huh. Okay, okay.
Godzilla
This was me for years. 51 now. And seeing live through different glasses. It’s never too late. If you can still recognize where you came from. I’m excited about the future. ☘️
I'm also 51, recently separated, I have enough money to be comfortable (not rich, I still have to be careful with my budget), and I've been feeling like Noah for most of my life.
I am 16 .. and i hope you have so much happiness and joy in life.
You still have much to live ❤🎉🎉
You are brave
It’s legit 3am and I’m having small existential crisis
Just another day in the job
It happens, man. It happens.
Ahh shit, here we go again;-;
Same
justgary Every night lol
Never take life too seriously, you're never getting out alive!
Dayum, true.
But you need money to survive, the time you are alive, so u need to take it seriously
Too much of anything is bad
Except you do if you accept Christ as your saviour.
a better quote would be "life is short, don't waste it"
You don't search for happiness, You create it.
Truth
what if sleep *is* happiness
Oh shit
...interesting...
Finally a comment I can give a like. There're so much people who does not understand the meaning of this video.
FACTS
I rather be miserable but rich than miserable and poor. Having financial decisional power relinquishes suffering.
I mean yeah. If my work was making me miserable, but I had hundreds of millions of dollars as a result, its a *LOT* easier to stop doing said work and just be happier, as opposed to if I had too little to survive.
@@MiketheNerdRanger This is why I am grateful I grew up impoverished to know this fact. Thats why I hate when people say money doesn't bring happiness that the rich are depressed yadadyada. Look when you have your family member dying of cancer and your soo poor that you can't do nothing about it like pay for meds or provide world class healthcare to ease their pain you start realizing how important money is.
I'd rather have a good personality than a good bank balance 💰
@@_nimrod92 hmm it's exactly because you lives in an American liberal society driven by money as a nation principle... That you can't afford medical health care freely... In many European state there is free health care system (payed from taxation but even the poorest benefits from it) and in general a social protection system with social residences, food supplies etc
You are missing the point. Nobody said being poor is better than being rich.
That’s so scary. My name is Noah and my brother is called Alex.
Oh shit
Well Frick.
I’m called boot but my real names dora
If u ever start company count me in. Just saying
Yikes!!
Be aware of survivor bias in this story. The artist-brother could just be lucky. Most artists fail as they don't earn their living through their craft. For every successful story, where people followed their dreams and succeeded, there may be thousands of people doing the exact same things, not succeeding. However: If you seek personal growth, without comparing to anyone else, it might lead to a higher level of fulfillment.
Hell true hhhj
Yesss you have a good point
“talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not”
@@thisguy9540 nah, lets be honest, talent is not distributed equally, but that shouldnt be an excuse for someone to not try hard
You may as well fail at what you don't love doing so which do you prefer? To fail at a thing you don't like doing or in one you love doing?
If there weren't people like Noah, no one would be buying Alex's art.
I like that remark
Lol good point
This remark is the saddest thing I've ever read
Damn ..wise words ..
Thanks Noah to work so hard so hipsters like your brother can have a good life
Just a Korean casually walking by all these videos, this one hit me hard the most. I've been living so hard just to desire harder. Thank you for the video. This was a turning point to me of my 20's
In reality Noah didn't want the toy. Noah wanted to be accepted among his peers by possessing the toy & car. Since his family couldn't afford it he felt the discomfort of economic alienation and sacrificed a majority of his life to relieve it.
Dukkha, or desire, kills the soul.
Attachment to the material is the root of suffering. That said the Buddha.
You do not want a fancy car, or a house, or a job, or a sexy girlfriend... you want the easy things in life, you want commodity, you want status...
Would you sell your dignity, your reputation or your honesty for a few millions? Would you be rich and famous for being a piece of shit? Would you leave your friends and family to impress a shallow bitch that will leave you as soon as she gets the chance? Would you starve and sweat like a meth-head on an elliptical, simply because you want to get laid?
Pleasure and approval are fucking stupid concepts to live for. Ask any addict or any cheating husband how their quest for pleasure ended... And, unless you can read minds, you will never know what others honestly thin of you.
Dignity, honesty, kindness, perseverance... those things will give you more status, more happiness, more love, more peace of mind and more respect than material possessions ever will.
Yeah, buying some cool shit for you is OK, and you still have to pay for basic things, but that should not be your reason to keep going forward.
Sorry for the blog post. Peace.
*Steel Beam* naw bro, thanks for this !
Story of my life.
@@frenchampagne2009 same here
@little bird lol
Alex: Did you do it?
Noah: Yes
Alex: What did it cost
Noah: Everything
oh snap! 😋
I bless your soul for this, I bless it immensely
Darius DarkShadow 💀
xD isnt that what nebula told iron man
Nah weird shit.
Noah sold his company for 15 million dollars, then he saw a man jump into oncoming traffic and wondered if he could ever be that happy
Enzy savage
Alex's wife comes into the room, holding the newborn baby. Following her is a five year old girl - Alex's other girlfriend.
@@notyourdamnbusiness5974 hol up
Exactly my thought. How can a millionaire who is already setup and got everything figured .. envy an utter bum who still takes money from his poor dad... give me a break!!!
Damn that that harsh
I love how at every stage of Noah's life, "he wondered what he was like to be that happy." So relatable.
Money probably can't buy happiness but I can tell you for sure that the lack of money can buy you misery
Yup, stress!
too true, nobody gets everything in life, and gratitude is probably the virtue every adult needs to strive for to be happy. Without gratitude you will always be doing spin cycles in the samsara. I think I made a haiku.
better to be unhappy in a mansion than miserable in the streets, either way your unwell but the context makes a difference.
lol one of the best quotes ever.
@@bigman-em7cc lmao
I don't need this how-to video. I'm perfectly capable of wasting my life and never being happy all on my own. But thanks anyway.
Then why did you watch it?
One chill Boi Isn't that obvious? To waste time watching it.
@@akinsalih1235 To see if anyone else was wasting life better?
Why not strive to be happy? Strive to do something? It is your life but I'm curious as of why
Rotfl
Noah is financially free, doesn't ever have to work for anyone again and has the time to figure out what he is passionate about and do it - sounds like a home run to me!
@Jack Tweedale there's not. People like Alex (most of them) end up breaking their backs working all day in sweatshops and factories. I've seen it all. This video has some truth to it, but paints a false picture if reality. People would do well do take it with a fistful of salt.
Not for me
@@7yep4336dfgvvh I think the video wanted to show that you don't have to look for happiness so much. Noah, even as a kid, never enjoyed what he had. He will never imo. He's comparing himself to his brother, who earns less, people like Noah would never be content with what they have. Working for something great or bigger isn't bad, but the journey is way more fun. You need to enjoy the path too, or you'll always wonder, what it would be like, to be that happy.
@@ryuk2479 I know what you're saying. You do have a point, especially as it relates to the story here. But given an even worse situation, it's hard to enjoy the ride. There's nothing fun or enjoyable about poverty, no matter how you want to look at it. Even the most optimistic person will get tired of having to deal with the never ending crap that an acute lack of resources brings.
@@7yep4336dfgvvh I do agree with you, but complaining about poverty won't help either. I might come off as really annoying here, and even though I agree with you, I don't know why I wanted to say that. I think a positive outlook towards life, helps us.
This is one of those stories that people would tell their kids without knowing if the "lesson" at the end is necessarily true
Happiness is internal. If you try to seek it externally, it will lead to unhappiness long term.
That's actually so true.
Paul M What to do if it’s empty inside?
Well I'm screwed then
is doch true, I spent more time doing planks and sit ups than being any part of that team.......
I would play not a single game, not a single minute and you know why?!
beause I run faster than anyne of them, but I have absolutely no idea what to do on the court.......
I can probably outscore all of the guards on a 3:3 but that doesn't matter because in real its 5 on5 and there are other dynamics and you know what happens?! I land somewhere in the corner waiting there not disturbing the real people doing their game, and wiating if it happens to be a kick out pass to a corner three, thats about it
Ah I got another move, sorinting from defene into fast break and doing a layup..... Voila, thats all game I got....
so MJ and AI and shtit and stuff, and endurance and Cardio are completely useless especially if they pout a big dude on me that simply rams me into submission and pushes me off position and into out of bounce.................
That'S the truth
but everything is external, playing guitar is external isnt it?
NOAH : Not Obtaining Any Happiness.
Thanks
r/watchpeopledieinside
@@PrometheusHeart 😂😂 pleasure dude
Very well done, sir.
I’m 14 and this is deep
I wonder how it must be like to be a bored millionaire.
Mohamed Blaiech whenever i’m super rich in the sims, i get really bored
@@holland3106 yea almost the same thing 😄
@@holland3106 that actually does make perfect sense
@@holland3106 Because the Sims doesn't give you that many options.
Real Life gives you like a billion things to do. If you're rich and don't like it you can still just restrict yourself.
How its like to be bored with the amount of money you already have? Just with a lot more shiny toys I guess.
Excellent story brother. All evil thoughts start with comparision as one wise man said.
Moral: If u want something in life, just wonder what it would be like to have it.
It's hilarious but at the same time inspiring 🤣🤗
Kamlesh Pradhan exactly
But I wonder everyday...
Lame
"Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life"
- John Wooden
John Wooden never lived in New Jersey.
The people before us set it up in a way so precisely just so that would happen
Deep
"[E]very life story is a story of suffering [...]"
-- Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Vol. I (Fourth Book), § 59
But the art of embracing pain makes it a strength - the philosophy of stoicism.
Our suffering
arthur schopenhauer : the most pessimistic philosopher in western philosophical history
@ASTROTHUNDER Well, I often suffer when I feel pain. Some people may be able to avoid suffering during pain, but when they were young there definetely couldn't.
@ASTROTHUNDER Schopenhauer refers also to rather low pain, such as hunger, thirst, stress, exertion, boredom etc. They are omnipresent.
Great video. Such a reminder to be grateful with what we have. You can chase a dream until it becomes a living nightmare
-How to waste your life
-Watching 10 min video about how to waste your life
Holy Shit lol phat rip
-Reading and liking a comment by Holy Shit
Yep that's a start i waste 5 min replying to ur comment so every day ever time n every second we waste or time
Play on speed x2 you’ll save 5 mins
Stonks
Uh hu
I'm almost 22, dropped university a year ago because I wasn't really into it. Right now I feel like not making any kind of progress. As time goes by I'm more convinced that I lack of passion for anything, even though I'm young I don't have any sort of motivation, dream or something like that. I think I'm really screwed.
It doesn't matter how rich or poor you are, if you have something you like doing, something that moves you, you should know that you are really lucky.
23, same story
I feel like my life is the total opposite here, thought I might share.
Ever since I was young I always had tons of interests, there was always something new I was interested in, many dreams and ideas were constantly running through my head. I even wished I was immortal so I could fulfill all of those dreams and learn everything there is to learn about the world, achieve everything there was to achieve.
But because of my ambition that was way too high, I actually became passive with time and never really mastered any skill or subject, I never reached my full potential at anything. It was impossible for me to make a choice cause I was too passionate about everything and so by wanting to do everything I achieved nothing. All I could do was constantly dreaming about having all that knowledge and torturing myself by ignoring the fact that I was only human. But I thought average was just not good enough.
I'm glad I saw the light recently and started to become more and more moderate by focusing on only one thing at the time, enjoying the experience of learning and creating rather that being obsessed about the goals I could never achieve.
You don't need to be deeply passionate about something for your life to have meaning, you can just enjoy what life has to offers and focus on what makes you happy on a daily basis ^^
22/23 are difficult year's for lots of guy's - I'm one of them who now has his own 2 son's that age and I daily see their pain and angst - Hang in there guy and thing's will gradually work out for you, just wait and see.
I am 29 graduated from science school ended up working at the airport
Hey I am also 22 and I have the opposite mentality. I just graduated from college and I have so many more ambitions. Ever since, I was young I loved music, art and anything in that spectrum. It drove me gave me purpose, still does. Sometimes, it's like I am running in mist but I love music and this is what moves me. But what I love the most is Life. Life is beautiful. ❤️
If only his parents simply got him his Gameboy. Lol
Signed,
Bill Gates
Or could have beat the shit out of him 👍
highlighted comment Well, that turned really dark...
You just spoiled the video I assume he gets really rich
Lol
@@Representing4II0I7 Shut up.
Can I just say while Alex has to continue painting and grinding the rest of his life or until he hits a solid break, now Noah has all the time in the world to find a passion and devote all of his money and time into it. When he feels like he’s overdoing it he can always take a step back and stop , money gave him that option, where as alex has to continue with his passion weather he’s burnt out or now.
Completely agree that's what video is about. Video gives two examples of same unhappiness.
Thank you. The grind pays off
Money is a prison only money can free you from
I disagree…I’m like Noah. I have all I want now and have a good size bank account, but now I suffer from depression and anxiety from selling my soul to corporate America. I have no capacity to want to chase passions anymore.
While Alex is grinding for the rest if his life, he was happy. I spent decades being unhappy in corporate America and now I’m still unhappy with much more than I’ve ever had. I really wish I could had taken a different path.
@@kaym7704 im poor and have the same mind set. i think its just a personal thing at that point, money cant solve our problem bud. we just gotta find a new s park or something but i feel for you
Somehow most people in the world have the things Alex has but are as unhappy as Noah.
It's all about perspective
I relate to Alex. But I'm really poor and can't actually make money with the things I appreciate to do.
And I'm unhappy as Noah, but my problem is actually more about leaving the armor I build myself to not let people know when I'm hurt.
I'm hypersensitive, and I feel shameful if I let anyone see I'm crying.
Seems hard to overcome that feelings and habits.
@AGKyran : As lx i said, it's all about your perspective. I know we are programmed completely illogically about such things, but if you think you are weak for being afraid to show your feelings, just imagine how much weaker someone has to be to literally be afraid to just witness it. Never forget that people *only* make fun of others out of some sense of fear.
Laughter and comedy are how we humans deal with things that are too hurtful to even cry about. If you diligently search for the root cause of why people find things funny, you can see this for yourself. This makes it not only easier to understand that you are stronger than you have been led to believe, but also it helps us to have compassion for those who are mean, as well as be able to put them in their place more often as well.
I don't mean like telling someone off, but actually caring enough to understand how fucked up their life must have been to become so hateful. Then we can actually see closer to the root of their issue and either simply walk away, or kindly point it out to them, then go on about our own business. But also, I'm not saying to go around trying to give them all hugs either, that's just asking for trouble. Find the balance each situation deserves, especially the situation within yourself, because that is where strength lies for each of us.
Introspection is the greatest quality a human can have, because from being introspective we can see the benefit of all other positive qualities.
Peace and prosperity to all of you. ^-^
@@aylbdrmadison1051 You're right.
The idea is that I'm just trying to free myself. I want to do stuff and I don't do it because of fear, and that is something I must resolve.
But I do know that a lot of people have it worse than me. I know I'm strong because I lived harsh stuff and I'm still there, I haven't gone crazy (at least I think). And even more, I'm still alive. So much times I hated myself and had suicidal thoughts. Sometimes as soon as I waked up. Sometimes I hurt myself.
And I did it pretty much alone.
To be honest, I'm a carpet. I care too much about people's opinions and reactions.
And I'm actually changing that. Today I succeeded. Maybe tomorrow I will not, but I think (I hope) I'm ready to fight for myself.
Thank you for your answer. It makes me realize more that people don't do stuff for no reason at all. I knew it before, but it is a bit clearer to why some people done some stuff.
Peace and prosperity to you too :D
Yep
No one:
TH-cam at 3 am: How to waste your life & never be happy
12:41 am
Mine was 12:34 am ☹️
11:12 am
Literally started watching at 02:58
1:13
tldr: don't compare yourself to others. Strive for more, yes, but also be happy with what you have.
Or strive to be happy with nothing...
@RedGaming Studio too long, didn't read
Yea... I would enjoy things if i wouldn't be severely depressed.
@@ethanno7164 eat healthy. work out. get a job. get on a healthy sleep schedule. drink a shit ton of water.
it sounds retarded but I was where you're at before I started doing these things. it's utterly miserable at first, but gets more enjoyable and you start feeling better very quickly, both physically and mentally.
There was nothing to read, its a video?
There's nothing wrong with wanting to live a common, decent life.
I agree witht that. People just need to stop comparing themselves to others.
@@kiri4186 no one ever tells you how. If other people exist, you're gonna draw comparisons, period.
But in my developing country I don't get a comfortable life if I do so. Things are harsh here.
This video relates nothing in me. Not helpful at all.
@@freimann9067 I hope things get better
"He didn't know what he wanted to do, but he knew he wanted to make a lot of money"
well there's your problem
1) love your profile pic
2) I'm in the same boat. I've spent years evaluating what to do with my life. It's easy to see financial success as a solution to your problems when it can open up so many doors for you. Without a sustainable income to keep afloat and enjoy even the smaller things in life, it is hard to enjoy life at all.
Financial illiteracy from a young age and the resulting debts have consumed my adulthood; consumed my mind to the point of burying all but the smallest amount of positivity. I work hard to bring home a good amount of money so that I can pay the bills and it still isn't enough to get by. I don't eat out, I don't go shopping, or hang out with friends, I do practically nothing. The result? I gain nothing for it. It is enough to drive a man to insanity.
The solution: a second job to pay off debts owed for the next 2 years before I can move ahead with any future plans to get married, change careers, have kids...2 years is a long time, but my hope is that I will be able to finally find a sense of peace at the end of it all.
It is going to be damn hard to come back from it all after pushing my friends and family away for the last decade. It hurts me to not be able to give my gf what she deserves as well. The sacrifice is damn painful. 2 years....2 years and I'll be able to live and not just survive.
@@b1_ferg all the best man, you're in control now, get through the rough period.
@@b1_ferg Thanks, I need this
@@b1_ferg You can do it! (๑و•̀ω•́)و I'm sorry that I can't say something deep or insightful to you, but I wish you the best of luck in your journey!
byronius Spot on!
It’s really scary how I could relate to Noah the whole video. I really need to rethink my life and the path I’m walking down right now.
Hopefully towards the money...
I hope, everything goes well for you.
You can get closer to happiness, if you give one of your millions to me) Sharing with people is kinda makes you feel good)
Same
me too man:(
I'm hitting my 32 year life crisis. Just slept for three days while sick, first days off in months, alone with myself thinking about this topic exactly.
I have two farms, a tiny house, all my highschool friends are dead, no new friends or girlfriend in years, see my family once a year. Used to do so much with my talents, now I barely have time to eat my own food that I produce. Or I go days without talking to anyone but birds. I see the gates closing, and need to make a change before they are shut.
Good news is I quit smoking at my first step forward, smoked for 8 years,, 7 days off so far. Watched waterworld and the bad guy hands out cigarettes every scene, didn't cause any cravings. I quit every year for months and have it down to a science, but this time feels different, like it's the last chance. got it in the bag
Patchwork Gardens good luck man, I hope you keep on striving to be a better version of yourself
No matter how you look at it, there is a guy like myself who envys what you have.
I envy you... I am 31
Wish you the best, appreciate what you have, your Farms for example. some people have just a cardbox apartment in a big beton cube with hundreds of different apartmens filled with people you never spoke to. You sond like a guy i would enjoy hanging out, not so shallow and meaningless like most people i meet in my surrounding.
Sell your farms, house and move. Start a new life! Move to a big city where you will be closer to family (if possible), make new pals, meet new women, and find a new job. The worst thing you can do to yourself is to remain in a situation that you hate.
Beautiful video. The last phrase,”Noah I just didn’t look so hard” it says it all.
Um that's bullshit
Noah offered Alex some money and the grifting bum said no? Thats some steaming bullshit right there.
"how to waste your life & never be happy"
*recommended for you*
😂
Kind of scary
this comment is solely for satirical purposes
@@sangmadewira4726 Thanks for consoling me, but it really did hit home.
I'm trying sooo hard to be an unhappy millionaire.
"Comparison is the thief of joy." - Roosevelt
Yes ! But it’s human nature to compare yourself to others. Finding your **. true self***-No matter what- is the prize.
@@pibly674 maybe instead of comparing materialistic possession that are declining both literally and in value, we can compare what amount of 'good' you are giving to the society and world. Yeah it sounds a bit utopian but it's concept to explore nonetheless
@@brownerjerry174 agreed .
Well shit, this hits home. Every time I’m almost happy I compare myself to my friends, get jealous, then depressed. Then mad at myself because I am being jealous when I have a very good life. Then I usually try and fall asleep. My daily routine 👍😥
Which onep
Be warned: the artist life is far from ideal. It’s a struggle and depression is real.
^ This! Plus the only people able to eek out any kind a living with art are the art dealers, not the people producing art. And only the people buying and selling artwork from old, dead artists. Artists have a history of dying young and alone, depressed and never has it been more true in history than now, because nobody is buying paintings from current artists.
Signed,
Someone who was in the honors program in art school and has nothing to show for it but massive student loan debt
I work for a museum and thus is true. Anyone can declare themself an artist. People approach the museum director all the time and say they're an artist, and he just dismisses them.
@@mascara1777 There’s a lot of bad art out there even from people who have studied art and have MFAs in painting. I worked at the de Young and the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, as well as a couple of art galleries, and the de Young has artists in residents. Most of them are bad. And these are people who have gone through the whole process of being vetted, being deemed important and talented enough to have an “artistic voice” that the museum wouldn’t be ashamed to be associated with. There were very few artists that showed their work in that program that I was at all impressed by. Now, that being said, art is subjective, and not even all of the artwork that makes it into museums should be hanging there. It’s sometimes only there because the associated artist was famous for other great works. But the artist him or herself would be cringing or rolling over in his or her grave to see their lesser works hanging in a public space for people to view.
Engineers life ain't fun either
You gotta deal with corporate bullshit, bad coworkers and constant stupidity
Your life becomes a Dilbert comic
Everyone should and deserve to be treated good. That is so moved😭😭😭Hope all of us can be what we want to be without regrets
I think the key is gratefulness. Acknowledging and accounting for the beauty and blessings you often overlook in life.
So true! I was wondering if nobody in the comments understood
Gratitude is the best medicine to ANY of life's woes.
@@Zombiewanka yep 👍🏻
I just wasted 10 minutes of my life. This video actually works!
rami beiruty for real tho
True so true.
lol
That was the point.
@@TasteMyStinkholeAndLikeIt wait what if that was reaally the point
It's simple: The happiest man is not the man the has the most; it's the man that wants the least.
Yes that is true
So....a fetus?
Yeah, stoicism
As someone who wants very little, this is a blatant lie.
@@vaevictus4637 Yeah, but it's simple and sounds good so we'll ignore its veracity.
I've been married better than 25 years to the same wife. We have 5 kids.
My wife has multiple health issues, which began about 17 years ago.
We live in a modest house we call home. My kids love their "home," and my children who no longer live with us love coming home.
It hasn't been easy being married with 5 kids. Nights were very long with little children, especially with an unhealthy wife. I spent plenty of time being a mom and a dad...that was not easy. I bathed my kids, changed diapers, cleaned children and their bedsheets loaded with vomit in the wee hours of the morning, got them ready for school, braided hair, cleaned the house, cut the yard, and cooked many meals.
Then came teenagers...especially teenage daughters with a whole new set of challenges I could never have imagined.
Some career aspirations were sacrificed or put on hold for the benefit of my family. We bought our kids slushies instead of milkshakes; we went to the "dollar" theater instead of fancy cinemas; our vacations were short, two-hour excursions; sometimes we just stayed home.
There were times when I wondered how I could go on. Sometimes I wished for a different life with more money and career success, but no one should ever spend much time on "what might have been."
But this much is absolutely certain...
...my wife and children have given me the happiest times of my life.
What could be better than that?
I appreciate you putting these words together on a comments section in a video this one day. For reasons I’m probably familiar with but would never admit, I feel it’ll remain with me. Thank you, I’m pretty sure.
My guy... Some of us really live just to make others life better. I appreciate your effort man, i hope you and your family get better and better
A condom here and there, probably. Call me dick if you want, but i have a reason to believe that such heroics outside of any frontline or saving lives is simply uncalled for, whether people can put up with it or not. Having your daily life such a struggle for years is objective hell.
Could you spare some words of wisdom for me?
I hear you 100%. Married 25 years with 6 kids. We have a tiny home but it's ours. I have so many good memories and look forward to so many more. I wouldn't trade with a rich person. Glad to hear someone else out there thinks the same. God bless.
Noah's friend: I got cancer... I will be dead soon...
Noah wondered what it must be like to be dead and suicides :(
@toorf i would not say that he is selfish. my opinion is, that he simply never knew that he lived for him and only himself. he acted like there was no deeper meaning in life, all he had was his broken childhood dream he unconsciously held on to.
to all of you, reading this: go out there and do what you love - just like alex did - and your life will have an happy end. i promise.
invisible girl how do you find what you love? I’m a sous chef at a restaurant I get good money but I hate everyday of my life is the same shit everyday. And if I get less money i won’t be able to pay for everything I have. 🥺😢😭
why is this such a mood
😂😁😂😃😄😅
@@ViperTheNoLife quit and find a way to enjoy your life you only have one why waste it doing something you hate just for material things and a false sense of security
Tldr: envy. Comparing yourself to others is a dead end.
True .... unfortunately for a lot of people the message they got was more money makes you less happy
Comparing yourself to others does benefit you in some way like motivatoon to do better. Example (Allen iverson and kobe) just dont overcompare and see things as it is
Comparing yourself to others is a good thing. Comparing yourself to others possesions is a bad thing.
@@athanasiusrisang Idk man i'd love to be like Henry David Thoreau and i think it'd be healthy for me to pursue that. Definently going to go through alot of suffering at first but it'll be worth it.
Money may not buy happiness but it sure as hell helps.
I mean like without it you may be a homeless beggar. And to survive in this transactional based world you need good economic means. Money can literally buy you anything... 🤷
Money alone can’t buy happiness, but it certainly gives more freedom to explore what does make you happy.
@Random Guy you say that but happiness can theoretically be bought. financial freedom, never working a day in your life, endless exploration of various passions and topic.
Money would literally solve every problem I have right now.
Well, no money buys nothing.
Loved the video. I can get a lot by this.
1. You’ll waste your life comparing yourself to others and what they have.
2. Money can’t buy you happiness.
3. You can spend your whole life wanting this and that. Sometimes once you get it you still find yourself not satisfied with something.
4.Happiness is a choice and is free. It cannot be bought by material possessions or money and status.
I really needed to see this!
Money can’t buy you happiness
Lack of money can and will buy you misery
Funny how that works,huh
Misery both ways
“Man who work for passion much richer than man who work for money” - Mister Miyagi
lol,nice... Cobra kai lives forever
Not richer in money but in what’s important. Passion and dedication.
Cobra Kai never dies....
if only everyone were lucky enough to work as their hobbies and passions.
and what if one doesn't have a passion?
*someone gets shot in the head*
"noah wondered what it was like to be shot in the head"
Lol honestly I think like that
Cummon. It's a daily normal scenario in the streets of USA. DON'T BLAME THE NRA!
I'm mostly a sign that says: Don't end up like him, high prospect and destroyed..... now trying to fit in somewhere
That's funny af.
Lmao!
This video has many stereotypical, shallow and vapid parts, but the point of it is pretty pure. Don't look for happiness, sacrifice for it, wait for it, strive towards it through comparison, wealth, family... Find a way to be content internally and the external factors will follow.
Well said. Garbage video, great message.
This is one of the best comments ive seen in a while
@@rashmipai9523 Glad to read that ^^
I think people have a hard time seeing past the big house, several cars, beautiful woman and career doesn’t always equate to happiness. It’s a lie society has sold to us since birth and people don’t want to except that.
In what way is it shallow? Its a general guiding principle we can all apply to our own lives. Do you expect it to be very specific to only your own life? Maybe see a psychologist instead of watching a TH-cam video then.
@@scottf5791 It's been 10 months since I saw this video and I can't rewatch it all again, but I did skim through it.
I agree that those are some of the fabrications that people accept as true and that they lead them to unfulfilling lives. What is shallow is that it only talks about this. The format of the video is that of a fictional life and it looks fine on the surface, but you can see that the message came before the story i.e. that the story was made to fit the narrative of exactly what you said in your comment:"... people have a hard time seeing past the big house, several cars, beautiful woman and career doesn’t always equate to happiness..."
The message is fine, as I've said, but this video isn't a sentence or a 30-second example, it is a full story of someones, albeit fictional life. Warping this format into a delivery peace for a message is what made many parts of the video, in my opinion, shallow.
I am seeing a psychologist for my own mental health, thank you for your concern. Besides this, I'm studying philosophy at the university since I'm interested in it, not only for my own practical application in life but as a way of gaining a deeper and more diverse understanding of, well, everything.
I mention this not to distinguish myself as some sort of an expert and by proxy of that distinction to "win" an argument, but to answer your question about me in some detail. Anyone can lie about their identity online and on top of that, being a student or even a professor of anything, including philosophy, doesn't necessarily mean anything about their reasoning in some particular thing e.g. this one.
"It's a general guiding principle we can all apply to our own lives" - I would like to state my disagreement here. The message of the video can be nicely summarized as you did in the sentence I quoted before, as well as in my original comment. That is not a general guiding principle that can be applied to all lives. The ethical reasoning behind that message is much deeper and more complex than the message itself leads on. Regrettably, I don't have it in me to write even more than I already did, so I'll say that there are a couple of schools of thought that dwelled into those complexities. I would recommend reading about Stoic, Cynic, Sceptic, Epicurean, and Cyrenaic ethical teachings; or Socrates (though mainly through Plato's writing), Plato's, or Aristotle's ethics.
They are some of the first people who thought and wrote about ethical questions and messages, such as the one in this video, in the western tradition. I'm not well versed in the Eastern tradition, but I'm sure that Lao Tzu and Confucious would be good starting points. For something more religious I'm more inclined to recommend Buddhist texts, but Christian theologians have much to say as well.
That's it from me.
I love this story. You look at Hollywood and other rich and famous and on the outside it looks glamorous but their lives are filled with drugs, multiple divorces and problems.
I never feel bad for anybody that rich and famous.
Cheating, backstabbing, eating disorders, suicide..
Insane generalization but ok
@@veronicaana me either. There's comes a point where unhappiness is a matter of perspective, and having plenty of money gives you all the freedom you're ever going to have, in order to do, be or have whatever it is you want, or makes you happy.
If you're rich and still unhappy, then you'll be unhappy no matter what you have, so sympathy is pointless.
I know people will try to appear "compassionate" by sympathizing with the rich, but if the rich can't be happy given what they have, how the hell is your sympathy going to help them?? Save it for someone else. It's just being deliberately stupid. You simply have no excuse when you're rich. You have access to anything that is available to help anyone, anywhere, so if you, as a rich person [I know I repeat myself] can't get your shit together even with all the resources available to anyone on the planet, and which most people will never have, then no one and no thing can help you. And if you're in that condition, the best thing you can do is GIVE it away to someone who CAN make some good use of it, instead of hoarding it while it does you no good. At least let it do SOMEONE some good.
it's all their fault.
"Remember.... everything you now have you once wanted."
Seneca
Never wanted cats but..yeah
I never wanted a spooky mirror with a clown, but I guess I wanted it
Genital warts.....? I'm not sure
I don’t have any mental illnesses that I know of, but I bet a lot of people with mental illnesses would disagree with that statement
@@bellamckinnon8655 also people with cancer. Or with any kind of small or big health disease.
Me: ‘how to waste your life and never be happy’ i guess that’s interesting
“This is Noah”
Me: well... shit
Oh shit
Lol
Fortunately, this is not the Noah we're looking for (you)
well... shit
Can I join the club?
For some reason the phrase “toxic self-help video” comes to mind when watching this.
It is a rare talent to make millions and be able to retire at an early age, and also a rare talent to be footloose and fancy free, painting and selling art for enough money to be “comfortable.”
The toxic world of seft-help
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It's more about stoicism and applying it to a more realistic scenario. Bear in mind that the title has "A Short Story" in it, meaning not everyone who lives like this or attempts to is going to reach the same results, obviously.
VZ_ 342 it's just saying do something that makes you feel personally fulfilled instead of filling the void with material things hence the comparison between the 2 brothers professions
The parents are the realistic example of how to live a good life. Get a job, work hard, be frugal, work your way up, all while raising and enjoying your family.
I was blessed with failure and poverty in my early adult life. That experience drove me to seize the moment when an opportunity for a career presented itself, and I made the most of it.
@Merlin 76 lemme rephrase, the video is about the philosophy of stoicism, using a fictional short story to give it context, not a "how to" guide for people to follow
I liked the message this story tells. I hate the way "success" is always measured by ones income and their possessions. Shouldn't one's success be measured by their true happiness. I see people who are committed to succeeding and never stop long enough to enjoy life. These people are rarely truly happy and wrongly believe it's because of unobtained success. Truly sad. THAT is a wasted life.
Be careful going towards extreme ends of both sides. I came from family which had faced lots of issues in regards to money. Lack of money affects your psychological well being big time.
You don't need to be on grind 24/7 but you also don't wanna remain mediocre.
As somebody named Noah in a business program...this hit close to home
Dayum bro...u better pay attention to the video...
@@deltaman2283 no bro...this video Is literally telling you that just have a average life,a wife, produce some kids and be happy.Absoute ridiculousness.Everyone does that(mating and reproduction)...from a freaking amoeba to a whale...what makes you a human?..your intelligence...so kindly make use of it,make an impact.If you are getting paid more this implies you are contributing more.This video is suggesting you to accomplish what every random cat or dog does...if you still like it,go for it
@@barnali9025 I understand that thing very well. I just wanna point out that through your journey of success don't forget to enjoy the journey or the process...otherwise when you achieve success...it feels like it's empty...and you won't be satisfied. I ain't saying anyone to live an average life(well it's upto people...how they want to live their lives), I'm just saying that enjoy your life, enjoy your journey to success...don't just run after success and forget to enjoy the journey. Cuz the journey is thing that you will remember forever. That's it mate! Have a great day ahead! Hope you achieve success(whatever thing that you think as success for you) 🙏🏻
@@deltaman2283 yeah...I get it...but all one can do is enjoy what they are doing but if you try to balance...one may or may not achieve success as till today all successes required some sort of sacrifice.Coz that's how life treats everyone...to give something,it takes away something else. So I guess we need to prioritize what we want more.Thanks for your wishes bro😊...I am studying to become a doctor and hope to open an nursing home some day in my hometown.All the best to you for your future.
@@barnali9025 Thank you very much! Yeah, I agree with all of your words. We need to enjoy the things that we need for our success! It's great of you to aim for becoming a doctor. It requires a lot of hardwork and dedication. I'm sure you'll become a good doctor one day. It's such a noble work to save people's lives. Once again thank you for your wishes. Have a great day!
How to Waste Your Life and Never Be Happy: watch youtube all day, every day.
basically everyone during quarantine
And not read books but dive into opinions
Check ✅
Watching TH-cam being a waste of life is debatable. Nothing is useless or meaningless as long as it makes you happy doing it.
I don't know about not being Happy because When I watch these Videos I feel Really Happy and I learn some things but although I'm not using most of that gained information so it goes down the Drain.
Moral of the story:
Don't start a successful company
Lol!!!
Demsis 😂
Sounds rude
The point is that Noah didn't do all this because he was interested in business. Yes, he made a successful company, but he just did this just to reach goals that kept inching away from the realm of personal happiness. He can do the same thing and make the same company if he cared about business, but that added passion and lack of prioritization of material goods would have made him happy on top of everything. The video isn't anti-money or anti-successful company haha
@Mike Hmmm, maybe I'm just being dense but the video didn't suggest that there was something wrong with any of that. The video actually had pretty much the same message as what you were implying, but it was more about being who you *want* and need to be to get through life.
Sums up life of millions on this planet. Beautiful beautiful animation, editing and Storytelling. I love it.
Noah is always wondering, legend says he is still wondering these days…
The key to happiness is to live in the moment, stop comparing yourself to others and be grateful for what you have.
How to waste your life: Go to college for something you never wanted to do in the real world and spend the rest of your life paying your debt off.
@DANE what do you do now?
So true
Even with debt, your level of income is significantly higher than if you chose to work as a cashier.
DANE if u recognize this than your on your own
I am doing that right now, I think I am going to kill myself
I was really thinking that I had very big problems in my life but now after reading some comments, I realised that my problems were nothing as compared to other people but they are still striving and hoping for the best. That is one lesson which I learnt.
"I just didn't look to hard..."
wow.
Shitiest advice ever...
*too
How to waste your life?
Watch a video of HOW TO WASTE YOUR LIFE
What I came here to say. We've been trolled, I'm afraid. Kthxbye.
Watch at 1.75x 👍🏼
HOW TO WASTE YOUR LIFE ?
READ COMMENTS ON TH-cam OF SOME GUY COMMENTING ON A VIDEO OF HOW TO WASTE YOUR LIFE !!
*BOOM!*
You got it
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You just wasted your life. Think about it.
"Later on as he went home, Noah started crying in his new limited edition Lamborghini and drove home to cry some more in his rooftop hot-tub."
material pleasure only gets you so far. Crying in a Lambo may be better than crying in the street but worse than being genuinely happy. Moreover, unhappiness exists equally in the lives of the top 1% and that is testament to the fact that money is not the cure all.
idk guess its not for everyone but i wouldnt mind an unending supply of weed lol
@@arjunmakart You can be happy while being homeless and having nothing. Doesn't mean you're in a good place in life.
So he went to the Bahamas the next day and cried on the beach, at the massage parlor, and while eating his dinner of filet minion and lobster in a fancy restaurant.
He did feel a little better when he brought sadness to another by stiffing the waiter, who didn't refill his drink quickly enough.
"Later on as he went home, Alex started crying in his trashcan he calls home and got cancer"
i have spent too much of my life thinking i could only be happy in other relationships. guess what. i was miserable all the time. happiness is from within, NEVER from someone else, or any amount of money or things. I promise you.
no wife, no kids, no one to bother him, owning a bunch of things, good relation with his brother, man Noah's life is epic. i wonder how it must be like to be that happy
Your own thoughts are what it is all about. Good thougts, good life. Bad thougts, bad life
Noah's just a spoiled brat
More like.. I wonder how it must be to not be happy having all of that…
Noah does have a family, though :p
Exactly. Having a wife and kids isn't for everyone. I feel like society pressures so many people into that when it may not be your thing. Just look at the high rate of divorces that has been going on.
Oh no! Noah got new airpods, he cant hear Alex!
facebes20s XD that’s great
*1:40** bruh if I had an Lego X-Wing Starfighter, I would never complain*
Connor RK800 but it showed the “mini” scale model
What if a month after u get, they bring out the face lift version, you wouldn't be pissed?
Did you see the size of that thing
Only if it were a real one and not a Lego.
You do realize that you saying “if I had this I would never complain” is a direct example of the point this video makes?
Finding the path to true happiness can be a real challenge. It's something I still struggle with today.
*”The lesson is: never try.”*
- Homer Simpson
WHY MUST I FAIL AT EVERY ATTEMPT AT MASONRY
Amen
LOL
@benz merc Try getting a job right now, srsly, I am unemployed for years now and it's hell but I can't leave.
Wise Man/Cartoon character
Happiness isn't something you find, it's something you create. It begins with gratitude.
False. There is no road to happiness. It is the road. It is not created. It is.
@@kieransoregaard-utt8 u sound goofy asf
@@medievalplayz8327 To the uneducated I’m sure I sound insane.
@@kieransoregaard-utt8 what a weak comeback. u sound dumb. being educated has nothing to do with that. if ur so educated surely u would have caught that logical fallacy before u posted it 😬
Consider me bad at creating
When Noah became a teenager, him and his family suddenly became Asian.
We all go through changes at puberty
So noah is elliot rodger?
Is this just about how aisians think money is happiness
chauncey hulbert Wasn’t his mom Asian in the beginning?🧐
💀
felt the context deep in my soul...
He’s still comparing himself to his brother in the end
haha.... point
Lol😂
Yeah cause he doesn’t want happiness he wants things.
He thinks that things and happiness are synonyms. They’re not.
If you want happiness you literally just be happy. That’s it. It’s free.
And you believed it ? Unless he was ugly- otherwise it’s a made up story
"Did you do it? What did it take?"
Alex : *"EVERYTHING"*
TL;DR: "What profit a man if he gain the whole world but forfeit his soul?"
Alex:half of my life
uhmmm Noah* ??
respectively, Noah should be proud of his accomplishments. It takes a lot of drive and dedication to become that successful, but it is true what they say, once you hit the top, after shedding so much of your personal life to get there, it feels lonely and dull.
Talking from experience?
Maybe Noah is a psychopath...
except that Noah didn't see that accomplishment as a positive strive. He saw it as a gateway to get something more for his peers and his own self worth, in the end, he overlooked that you don't have to look far to get your own happiness, but just enough to come by to make life easier.
True, but being lonely at the top is less miserable than being lonely at the bottomless depression pit of nihilism
Being rich isn't the same as being successful
I totally agree with the sentiment of this video. Success is meaningless without people to share it with.
You can be happy by yourself. I believe the sentiment of this video is to not compare yourself to others and do what makes you happy in the long run while also being able to support yourself. There are plenty of people that live on their own and are happy.
@ Martin Green: Except that's not the sentiment of this video. Bryan got it.
Ratan tata . One of the richest men in India.
Literally no one hates him in India . Every Indian loves him . He has no family . No wife no daughter.
But he did what he liked . Cars was his passion . Ultimately his passion made him rich too .
So now he is happy with success plus with no family to share it with .
(Although no one knows what is going on in his mind . Is he depressed or stressed or happy )
i understand "you cant buy the best things in life" but at the same fucking time you cant really enjoy life when you are struggling often. painting is one of the hardest kind of work to make a profit.
Steven making art commisions can yield a lot of money actually. it's just that it's a really strenuous work
the money is in painting houses, to make it in art you have to hype an image ,its not the quality of your work. look around ,see what kind of hacks get all the glory!
He said he made enough money though so I assume he is successful enough to live comfortably
Steven Not true at all. The happiest times in my life were when I was down & out. Lived in my car for two years. Miss it. Money isn’t actually even necessary to sustain life. It’s amazing how much money a person can spend, acquire, or both & only get more miserable.
Nah
"He wondered what it must be like to be that happy"
That line hit me like a ton of bricks.
Everyday mood 😪
I bet Alex is secretly depressed.
It sounds like he will never stop to compare himself with the others.
If he needed material things to “be happy” he would never be happy
How to waste your life: watching TH-cam all day long
At least you learn useful things not like in school
I think it depends on what you watch on youtube. Like how to start a business and stuff, tutorials and whatever
fascinatinglist The problem is watching all those tutorials feeling like you are doing something productive but never applying them. How good is a business tutorial if you never start a business because you are watching tutorials all day.
how to waste your life and never be happy: commenting on TH-cam videos..... wait
Not sure about that, chief. I quite enjoy watching youtube, it's one of the few reasons I haven't killed myself yet
I wanna appreciate sadness because it feels like I'm not gonna feel it anymore
Happiness isn't eternal, everyone has moments of happy times and sad times, so did Noah......except we are only focusing on the sad part of Noah's life and the happy part of Alex's life in this video.........and that, isn't realistic at all...
Exactly..they didnt even covered the sense of pride and happiness in Noah's eyes...after achieving a target...so this video is misdirectional..inspiring people to not to do anything out of thier capacity (aukat)
Indeed, it's very one sided and unreaistic. Even people who make it through art and music have a lot of blood sweat and tears along the way and if they didn't have aspiration and commitment they wouln't get anywhere! ;=0 But nowadays all the bums who did nothing with their life say that those who worked hard for a good life were "privileged". No, they just got off their butts and worked until they got what they wanted out of life!
@@krishjain7840 shi bol gya
@@WinChun78 I play guitar and I m suffering for career
I can't imagine how people can be filtered this hard but a simple story. The point of the video is that to Noah none of his accomplishments actually matter. He's basically depressed. It doesn't matter what he achieves because it will never be enough.
It's such a simple theme. The point of the story of your life instead of chasing infinite growth.
"Noah...I just didn't look so hard"
Damn...that hit me. I relate more to Noah so it's like...Damn.
yeah me too
I realized I am Noah and now I don't know what to do with myself.
@@JoaoFerreira-lk3hn You're still alive. Find something fun to do.
João Ferreira
That’s good that you at least realize that man it shows you have a strong mentality
I still don't get what that line means
Moral of the story: Don't chase things that you think will make you happy. Focus on your passions and enjoy little things in life. If you set yourself a goal, let it be about the journey and not the destination.
Ha gayyy
What if you don't have any passions ?
@@simkont6793 Everyone has some kind of talent and a passion. If you think you don't have it, it means you haven't discovered it yet. Try out new things, get out of your comfort zone often and eventually you will find something you love doing. Remember that it may take a lot of time. Some people find their passion early in their lives while for others it can take half their lifetime.
@@simkont6793 You could read this article that I came across, perhaps it could give you some ideas: www.cleverism.com/find-your-passion/
@@simkont6793 everyone has a passion, you just need to look for it. That something
you do whenever you want to just feel good (touching yourself counts if you're willing to make a business out of it online).
So I always walked on the right path. Good to know, must not praise myself so I won't get swayed.