Everyone pursues happiness, but what is happiness?
Many people think that if you have money, you will be happy, so what will the richest people in the world rely on to get happiness?
The answer may be unexpected, but it can also give us some thought and inspiration.
Bill Gates said in an interview that he washes the dishes every night and that he thinks he's very good at washing dishes.
Why would Bill Gates wash the dishes himself?
It's certainly not that Bill Gates doesn't have the money or is reluctant to spend it.
Nor is it that Bill Gates has a lot of time and is bored.
Keep in mind that Bill Gates' daily schedule is very full, and it will be as fine as the minute.
In 2002, Bill. When Gates came to Beijing, he spent several days, in 5 minutes, planning the daily workload.
In order to schedule the schedule, it is necessary to measure it repeatedly, from the elevator entrance to the conference room in a few minutes, a few minutes in the meeting, and each room must arrange a time to wait for important guests to sign and communicate.
Bill Gates wasn't out of money or boring time.
He washes the dishes himself because he can find peace of mind in it.
Simple, repetitive mechanical tasks like dishwashing, like meditation, help create a state of near-Zen concentration that calms people down and away from anxiety.
I also know that some people like to wash the toilet when they are anxious, and it is for a similar reason.
It can be seen that money is not omnipotent, and Bill Gates can't buy the calm that washing dishes brings to him no matter how rich he is.
To get this feeling, even the richest people can only wash the dishes themselves.
As strange as Bill Gates's dishwashing, why does Elon Musk, who is also not bad at money, 996 a day?
There is a well-known investment company that goes to tesla and thinks it is good overall, but there is a potential risk.
Musk works 19 hours a day and only rests for 5 hours.
Musk's position in Tesla, just like Jobs's position in Apple, is very important and has a huge impact.
They are worried that under such a work intensity, if Musk's health problems occur, it will affect Tesla's development prospects.
Of course, Musk doesn't work 19 hours a day.
In an interview, he said that if you work 120 hours a week, that is, 17 hours a day, you will feel a little mentally abnormal.
Musk believes that working 80 hours a week is relatively easy and sustainable.
What is the concept of working 80 hours a week?
The 996 work system, which is criticized and criticized by the employees of the internet company now, works 72 hours a week.
That is to say, Musk easily works more than 996 hours a week.
Why is Musk working so hard?
Not for money, of course, he's already the richest man in the world.
At his peak, his fortune exceeded $250 billion, more than fifteen thousand small goals, and could not be spent for hundreds of lifetimes.
Essentially, Musk's daily 996 hard work is similar to Gates' washing of dishes.
If you've read the book Flow, you know that when people are able to concentrate on working, they enter a state of flow that they forget about themselves and feel happy and satisfied.
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Gates washing dishes and Musk's long working hours may be because of this ability to enter the state of flow.
Flow states reduce mental entropy, that is, reduce the level of mental confusion caused by complex information.
This became the biggest reward for the rich who did not have bad money.
Their wealth allows them to buy a lot of things, but they can't buy inner peace, they can't buy flow.
No matter how rich they are, they can't reduce the sense of inner spiritual confusion brought about by the huge amount of information.
So even rich people like Bill Gates and Musk can only find inner order and peace of mind by washing dishes or working.
The wealth of our ordinary people is far worse than that of these rich people.
But even if they're not as rich as Bill Gates and Musk, the average person can get themselves into a state of flow by focusing on what interests them.
This can also greatly enhance the happiness of our lives.
If the thing that gets us into flow happens to be work, which makes us money, I'm afraid it's the happiest thing in the world.
When a person is young and mature, most of his time will be spent at work.
If you can't find pleasure in your work, just to earn money to support your family, it's really a sad thing to do when a monk hits a day's clock.
Everyone should find a job that they like and can put into and generate flow as soon as possible.
This is a crucial matter for everyone.