The science of happiness (w/ Laurie Santos)
How to Be a Better Human
Getting More Money Doesn't Matter for Happiness
Harvard Business School Professor Ashley Willens finds that people who focus on being wealthy in money aren't as happy. Even spending your money to get back more time, if you are lucky enough to have some discretionary income, can make you much happier than money could ever make you. In the US right now, that's at around 75k. That's probably the upper limit of like, if you were to double or triple your income, wouldn't matter very much. After that point, more is just, it's just kind of gravy.
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