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Harvard’s Robert Waldinger on What to Spend Your Money and Time On to Be Happier SB1910
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Ask a room of young adults what they want most from life and about eight in ten will say “get rich.” The longest scientific study of adult life, now following the children of its original participants, found something different about what pays off. Dr. Robert Waldinger leads the Harvard Study of Adult Development, and he explains why one kind of spending keeps making people happier long after a flashy purchase fades, why career achievement doesn’t predict a good life, and the habit he now treats the way he treats the gym. Along the way come a rundown of what SECURE 2.0 changed and a listener question about saving for retirement from overseas.What You’ll Walk Away WithWhat a generation named…