What Money Can't Buy: 7 Sources of True Wealth

By David Wann

From Affluenza author David Wann: Break free from burnout and redefine wealth--discover a richer, more meaningful life beyond money, status, and stuff.

We're working harder than ever, yet feeling poorer where it counts most. Americans spend nearly 100,000 hours chasing financial security--only to discover that money stops buying happiness surprisingly early. Meanwhile, loneliness, burnout, and anxiety are at historic highs. What if the problem isn't that we don't have enough--but that we're measuring the wrong kind of wealth?

In this eye-opening book, David Wann challenges our culture's narrow definition of success and offers a radical, hopeful alternative. Drawing on three decades living in a cooperative neighborhood he helped create, conversations with people opting out of high-status careers, and insights from visionary changemakers, Wann reveals a richer way to live--one grounded in values that can't crash, inflate, or disappear.

He introduces 7 sources of true wealth that deliver lasting security, meaning, and joy:

Self-knowledge: Knowing who you are so your choices come from purpose instead of pressure or status.Community: The wealth of trusted human connection, especially in neighborhoods, workplaces, and shared communities.Nature: A sense of connection to the natural world as a source of long-term regeneration for both people and ecosystems.Health: True health as inner and outer balance, including physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing.Creativity: The ability to make, imagine, reshape, and respond to life actively.Passion: The energizing pull of interests, hobbies, and pursuits that give life meaning, momentum, and joy.Time: Creating space for what matters most.
Blending personal stories with big-picture thinking, Wann connects individual transformation to cultural change--pointing toward regenerative economics and new ways of measuring progress beyond GDP. This is a compelling invitation to reclaim what actually matters--and discover that the best things in life aren't things at all.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HJ7FL1TW
• ISBN13: 9798890572820
• Release Date: June 2027
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages