Most of us go through our lives, never receiving a mountain of money in the post. It just doesn't happen to the vast majority of us. That's statistics for you.  But even when it does, we should take note of the effects that it has. The world seems to teach us that the product of hard work - financial resources - is a route to happiness. But when you study the lives of people who have mountains of the stuff, you soon find something entirely different. They're not particularly pleased with their lives.  That's a fascinating finding for our purposes. It means that the way you feel often has very little to do with the amount of money that you have in the bank.  Pexels - CC0 License The observations…