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Jonathan Clements - "If Money Can Buy Happiness, Then Why Doesn't It?" "Because People Don't Spend It Right." | #19

The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing

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Career Choices, Happiness, and Financial Stability

This chapter delves into the debate between pursuing passions early on versus focusing on financial stability, examining personal experiences, research on happiness and behavioral psychology, and the impact of commuting on happiness levels. It emphasizes the importance of saving money early in a high-paying job to provide flexibility for fulfilling careers later in life, and discusses how optimizing happiness involves investing for specific goals and adjusting portfolios to match individual risk tolerances.

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