EveryonehasheardoftheAmericanDreamwhichformanymeanshavingabighouseanexpensivecarandajobwithahighsalary.ButasurveyhasrevealedthatattitudestowardsuccessintheUSarechanginga

　　EveryonehasheardoftheAmericanDreamwhichformanymeanshavingabighouseanexpensivecarandajobwithahighsalary.ButasurveyhasrevealedthatattitudestowardsuccessintheUSarechangingandmaterialpossessionsarelessimportantthanbefore.

　　AsurveypublishedinMaybyAmericanExpressaUSfinancialservicescompanyfoundthatthosesurveyed“define(定义)successbywhattheydomorethanbywhattheyhave”.Healthagoodrelationshipandanenjoyablejobratherthanawell-paidonefeaturedamongthetopfivecontributorstopersonalsuccess.

　　Ofthenearly2200USadultswhoweresurveyed61percentsaidtheydefineotherpeople’ssuccessbytheirhappinesslevelsnottheirincome(27percent).Only33percentconsidermoneytobethekeytoasuccessfullife.

　　Fromdifficultytohappiness

　　AccordingtoTheHuffingtonPosttheUS’financialcrisis(危机)andhighjoblessrateplayedanimportantroleinchangingattitudestowardsuccess.Althoughmanysufferedfromfinancialproblemstheexperiencealsohelpedthemtorealizewhatisimportantintheirlife.

　　GlenPizzolorussoaUScitizenisoneofthem.In2007whenhewas29Pizzolorussowasearning$100000(605112yuan)amonthandownedseveralhousesandcarsincludingaPorsche911.Whenthefinancialcrisishitin2009helosteverything.

　　ButinsteadoffeelingbrokenPizzolorussofoundhappiness.“IbegantorealizethethingsIhadbeensonaive(天真的)tooverlook:mychildrenmyhealthandsomeofthegreatestfriendsontheplanet.Andthebestpartofitwasthiswasallfree”hetoldtheNPR.

　　ThisrealizationledPizzolorussotochangehisdefinitionofsuccess.“IwasactuallyashamedIhadearnedsomuchmoneyandtheonlythingIhadtoshowforitwasahandfulofpictures.Ihadn’thelpedanyonebutmyself.IcouldhavedonesomanypositivethingswiththemoneyIearnedbutIfailedto.”

　　Giveandyouwillreceive

　　InastudypublishedinMaytwoprofessorsfromHarvardUniversityintheUSarguethatitispossibletobuyhappiness–ifyouspendmoneyonlifeexperiencesandotherpeople.

　　“Evensomethingsmalllikegoingoutforamealorlittleshifts(改变)inhowyouspend$5or$10canbringhappinesstopeople.Becauseexperiencesaremoreemotionallyinvolvingthansi