Lessons To Be Learnt From The World’s Poorest President

Jose Mujica: The former President of Uruguay

T H Y
3 min readFeb 18, 2022
Image of Jose Mujica — World’s Poorest President By Daily Sabah

A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness,” wrote Albert Einstein.

Can the choices we make in life in pursuit of wealth or success give us true happiness?

Few happily give away the little that they have and they find pleasure in bringing a smile to your face. Their happiness lies in your happiness.

Yet, we often come across many who have achieved the peak of their careers, they have found success, amassed huge amounts of wealth and yet, contentment, happiness and satisfaction has eluded them. Sadly, they take their lives…

While we come across in history a few great personalities who have understood the true meaning of life and lived their lives to the fullest by sharing and giving what little they have, one contemporary little known person is the former President of Uruguay- Jose Mujica. He was the 40th President of Uruguay and served from 2010 to 2015.

“Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle, and

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