The Science of Smarter and More Meaningful Spending with Elizabeth Dunn

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2014

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Co-author of Happy Money, Elizabeth joins us to talk about the research she’s done on spending and the ways in which spending (or not) can give us better experiences and increase happiness. She helps us to apply this to our daily lives.

In this episode, hear:

The effects of environment on our happiness
The role of technology in happiness
The science in happy spending
Buying experiences over things
Renters vs buyers
Paying now and enjoying later

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1:17.9	In this episode of The Unmistakable Creative, co-author of Happy Money, Elizabeth Dunn, joins us to talk about the research she's done on spending and the ways in which spending or not can give us better experiences and increase happiness.
1:33.0	She also helps us apply this to our daily lives.
1:36.0	Liz, welcome to the unmistakable creative.
1:38.0	Thanks so much for taking the time to join us.
1:40.0	Oh, thanks for having me.
1:41.0	Yeah, my pleasure.
1:42.0	So, you know, I came across your work by way of multiple sources. You know, our former guest, Michael Fishman actually sent me a copy of your book in the mail. And then again, Danny Ari Arielli who we had here recently actually
1:55.1	mentioned it and it was funny because your book was sitting on my desk
1:58.0	while he mentioned it in my conversation with him and I thought you know I
2:01.6	really want to have a chat with you and I thought you know I really want to have a chat with you and I thought you
2:04.4	know the work that you guys do is really interesting your book happy money really kind of
2:07.8	resonated with me so on that note can you tell us a bit about yourself your
2:12.2	journey your story your background and how that has led you to the work that you're up to in the world today and and this book?
2:19.0	Yeah, so I'm someone who kind of managed to avoid having a real job for a very long time. I went straight
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