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Name: Happy Money
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Author: Elizabeth Dunn & Michael Norton

Elizabeth Dunn & Michael Norton

The New Science of Smarter Spending

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Happy Money by Elizabeth Dunn & Michael Norton explores how we can spend our money wisely to increase happiness. By prioritizing experiences, investing in others, and making mindful purchases, we can get more joy from our money.

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What’s in it for me? Start spending your money in a way that maximizes your happiness.

In a world where so much attention is devoted to money and happiness, it’s bizarre that the link between the two is so poorly understood.

Data and research consistently show that happiness isn’t related to how much money you have or how much money you make, but rather on how you spend it.

These blinks highlight five principles which show you how to spend your money in a way that makes you happier. While some may seem counterintuitive, each suggestion is highly applicable in your daily life.

In the following blinks, you’ll also discover:

how buying a vacuuming robot can boost your happiness;
why you should cut up your credit cards; and
why you’ll be happier if you spend money on others rather than on yourself.

Cash, cars and luxury houses might seem to guarantee happiness, but it’s not the case.

Most people assume that winning the lottery would make them happier. They think once they can buy that luxury car or dream beachfront house, then they will truly be happy.

Let’s examine this notion more closely.

Sure, there is a connection between money and happiness. In fact, at least 17,000 academic articles have been written supporting the existence of such a connection, so clearly there’s something to it.

But we are mistaken in assuming that the connection between money and happiness is linear and automatic; that is, that more money will always make us substantially happier.

One study showed that Americans typically assume that if their income were to double, from $25,000 to $55,000 a year, they’d be roughly twice as happy. But statistics show that this only results in a 9 percent increase in happiness.

So why does having more money not make us as happy as we’d think?

It’s simple: your level of income has little influence on how much you smile, laugh or enjoy yourself on a daily basis.

In fact, research has shown that just thinking about wealth can suppress behaviors which would make you happier. In one study, showing participants a photograph of money made them more likely to choose to engage in solitary activities, such as personal cooking classes, rather than social activities which might make them happier, like having dinner with friends.

So while having more money won’t necessarily make you happier, having money in general isn’t a bad thing. What if the problem actually lies in how you choose to spend your money?

The next five blinks will lay out principles of spending money in a way that will make you happier.

Things don’t make you happy; experiences do. And the memories you make keep you happy.

Food costs money. Clothes are expensive. Taxes can’t be avoided. Unless you live on a self-sufficient farm, off the grid and somehow under the federal radar, you can’t avoid spending money to live.

So instead of treating it as a chore, how can we spend money so it makes us happier?

Appreciate the big things by making them bite-sized; frequency equals more pleasure.

Would it surprise you to hear that most Londoners have never visited Big Ben? Even though this historic landmark is just a subway-ride away, locals just don’t seem to bother.

This phenomenon illustrates a tendency in human behavior: when something is abundantly or easily available to us, we appreciate it less.

Household chores can be outsourced so you can spend more time on pleasurable things.

It’s said that money is the root of all that’s evil, but really, there’s nothing intrinsically evil about money itself. Money can be very helpful, giving us more time to pursue our passions.

Having money can help you save time by outsourcing chores, for example, such as house cleaning to a service provider, so you don’t have to dust and mop yourself.

Don’t fall into debt; save gradually and savor the anticipation of getting what you want.

Check your wallet: How many credit cards do you have? We all have a few, perhaps too many.

The attitude of “consume now, pay later” is widespread; we expect to be able to buy what we want immediately and then worry about the bills later.

Spend money on others. It’ll increase your happiness more than if you spend it on yourself.

So far we‘ve seen how you can best spend money on yourself to increase your own happiness. But in fact, an even more powerful generator of happiness is to spend money on others!

We all have an innate need to give, and satisfying it makes us happy. This need can be observed in children as young as two years old, and across all countries and cultures.

Change your financial habits so you produce more happiness for yourself in the long-term.

We’ve covered a number of principles on how you can spend your money to become happier. Now, let’s examine how you can apply these principles in your everyday life.

First, be aware that these principles aren’t mutually exclusive: apply as many of them as possible for the maximum boost to your happiness.

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Happy Money (2013) explains how you can and should spend your money to maximize your happiness, through five simple principles that can be applied to your everyday life.

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Über den Autor

Elizabeth Dunn is an associate professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Her work has been featured in top academic journals and hundreds of media outlets worldwide.

Michael Norton is an associate professor of marketing at Harvard Business School, who in 2012 was selected as one of the “50 People Who Will Change the World” by Wired magazine.

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