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Happy Money

Elizabeth Dunn, Michael Norton

Can you spend your money differently, and better, to get more happiness out of it?

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Author
Elizabeth Dunn, Michael Norton

Why read it

  • You will learn five spending principles, from buying experiences to investing in others, and how to combine them in one purchase
  • You will get more happiness from a small sum by spending it on someone else and sharing the time with them
  • You will question the belief that money cannot buy happiness, by weighing what happened when the authors told strangers how to spend cash

Who it is for

  • A saver who feels money brings less joy than it should
  • A parent deciding how to spend a small windfall
  • A shopper trying to stop buying things that do not last

Contents

  1. Prologue
  2. Chapter 1: Buy Experiences
  3. Buy Experiences
  4. Chapter 2: Make It a Treat
  5. Make It a Treat
  6. Chapter 3: Buy Time
  7. Buy Time
  8. Chapter 4: Pay Now, Consume Later
  9. Pay Now, Consume Later
  10. Chapter 5: Invest in Others
  11. Invest in Others
  12. Epilogue
  13. Zooming Out
  14. About Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton

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