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Money and Happiness – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #942

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Money and Happiness – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #942 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #942 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Elina Fairytale Credit: EVG Kowalievska Credit: Marc Roy Credit: Olexandr P The idea that money can buy happiness is a complex one, with strong arguments on both sides. The debate is old and shall continue. Because people in acute need of money shall rightfully stick to their thinking that there can be no happiness without money. They do not care about scholarly and philosophical concepts of what real happiness is, or what money cannot do. For them, money will be solution to all issues. On the other side of the spectrum are people who take the opposite view. They would like to say that money may give instant gratification, for example, buying a much-desired article, ...

F.I.R.E. Movement in Our Context – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #856

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F.I.R.E. Movement in Our Context – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #856 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #856 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Helena  Credit: Amine M'siouri Credit: Jason Toevs Credit: Tran Nhu Tuan FIRE stands for Financial Independence, Early Retirement. The movement, if it can be called a movement, started in 1992. It was never a tour de force, but several individuals opted to attain financial security early and then retire from active jobs. What they did later, is the subject of an INSEAD article published recently. The article is titled ‘Fulfilment and the FIRE Movement: The Realities of Life After Early Retirement’ and has been put together by Winnie Jiang, Claire Harbour, and ...