Can Money Buy Happiness? | Micheal Norton (ep. 502)
Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary
John O'Leary
4.9 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Does money buy happiness? According to Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton, yes… if you’re spending it right.
Named by Wired Magazine as one of '50 People Who Will Change the World', Michael has spent decades uncovering the fascinating human truths that influence our relationship with money, social norms and political correctness.
Today, Michael joins us to share how smarter spending can lead to happier, more fulfilling lives.
Using numerous real-life examples and three specific practices, this conversation reimagines how to buy happiness.
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| 0:00.0 | At Keeley Companies, they are all about the Keeleian culture and they know people are the most important |
| 0:05.8 | asset. Recently, Kili Companies entered a new chapter of their organization and underwent an |
| 0:11.9 | entire corporate rebrand, driven by the same mission and core values. Kili Companies is a family-owned |
| 0:19.7 | enterprise of companies across the country. They act as your |
| 0:23.9 | single source for investment, development, management, construction, and restoration. They are still |
| 0:31.3 | the same Keeley you know and you love. Just with a fresh streamlined look and new additions to the family. Who knows? |
| 0:40.5 | And maybe you'll see the Klee K around your time. And when you do, go on in, shake their hand |
| 0:45.6 | and tell them John O'Leary sent you. My friends, to learn more about the work they do and where they are, |
| 0:50.4 | visit them online at keeliecom.com.com. Welcome to the Live Inspired podcast with John O'Leary. John is the |
| 1:01.4 | number one national bestselling author of the book On Fire. He's a world-class inspirational speaker, |
| 1:07.2 | and he's the host of the Live live inspired podcast. John interviews extraordinary individuals on |
| 1:12.6 | their life story so that you can wake up from accidental living and more fully live your life |
| 1:19.0 | story. Here's your host, John O'Leary. Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the live |
| 1:25.2 | inspired podcast with John O'Leary. |
| 1:28.9 | While driving with my boys recently, we were speaking about work and about value and about mission and about money. |
| 1:38.2 | My oldest, his name is Jack, is taking economics classes in high school and has a job. |
| 1:43.8 | He follows markets. |
| 1:44.8 | He knows everything apparently about cryptocurrency. |
| 1:48.5 | He's 16, which means he knows far more than I do about everything in life, including money, |
| 1:54.9 | apparently. |
| 1:56.1 | Well, during this car ride, we were also discussing more broadly questions around money like this. Is money good or evil? |
| 2:05.1 | Does money actually buy happiness? Can we do more with the resources we've been blessed with for |
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