Who among us doesn’t want to be rich — or richer? Even multibillionaires are constantly strategizing how to make more, more, more. If you’re coming from a place of scarcity or have yet to build any ...

What is a good life, and how can we create it? Forty-plus years of research has pointed to two answers. The first says that a good life is a happy life, one created by pursuing comfort, satisfaction ...

New research suggests that psychological richness—a life of perspective-changing experiences—may matter just as much as happiness or meaning. For centuries, scholars and scientists have defined the ...

A six-figure salary used to be the benchmark of wealth and success. But now, it’s not uncommon for high earners to feel financially stretched. That raises the question: What does it actually take to ...

Do you think a good life is a happy life? A meaningful life? It can be. But there is another dimension of the good life that, until now, has been vastly underappreciated. In an important article just ...

As a teenager, I spent a summer abroad living with a French family as part of a foreign exchange program. None of my French family spoke English, and it wasn’t always easy to communicate or understand ...

Since the 1980’s, psychological research has explored two main facets that contribute to the good life – happiness and meaning. A life filled with diverse, novel experiences, complexity, and adventure ...

If you are anything like the average person, you are close to living paycheck to paycheck, and one tiny stumble could crumble your whole life. But there are elevated habits wealthy families can ...

Editor’s note: "Retire in Ecuador" is part of an ongoing series on retiring abroad. To see all the articles in the series, jump to the end. Ecuador, a mushroom-shaped country located toward the top of ...