Reasonably Happy with Paul Ollinger

Jonathan Rauch is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and contributing editor of The Atlantic. In The Happiness Curve: Why Life Gets Better After 50, he discusses the decline in happiness that most people experience in middle age and what there is to do about it. Jonathan's writing spans the full spectrum of society, including politics, marijuana legalization, health care, gay marriage, adultery, agriculture, economics, height discrimination, and animal rights.  This work has earned him many honors, including the National Magazine Award and the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association prize for excellence in opinion writing. You have probably read some of it in The Economist, Reason, Harper’s, Fortune, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Slate, The Advocate, or many other leading publications. He does not like shrimp. See and learn more about Thomas Cole's "The Voyage of Life" here. Learn more about Jonathan here: https://www.jonathanrauch.com/ See more about Paul's life and comedy here: http://paulollinger.com

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The way you spend your money can actually make you happier! So prove Mike Norton and co-author, Elizabeth Dunn, in the book, Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending. 
Michael I. Norton is the Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, and a member of Harvard’s Behavioral Insights Group. He holds a B.A. in Psychology and English from Williams College and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Princeton University. In other words, he’s crazy smart. 
Find out more about Mike here: https://michaelnorton.com/ Tell Paul he’s funny here: http://paulollinger.com

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Yoshee and Diana have been married 13 years and have three children. They recently down-sized their lifestyle to prioritize family and their respective passions and side hustles. Dr. Diana Sodiq is the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, an osteopathic physician, certified yoga teacher and founder of Rehab Medicine and Wellness. Yoshee, a first-generation Nigerian-American, is a touring comedian, producer and technology marketing executive.  Please rate and review Crazy Money! Find out more / give Paul more feedback at http://paulollinger.com

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Joe Saul-Sehy is the host of the Stacking Benjamins podcast, which uses humor to inspire people to think more seriously about money and financial well-being. Kiplinger named Stacking Benjamins"Best Finance Podcast” of the year and the Academy of Podcasters called it Best Business Podcast. You’ll also find SB on the “best of”  lists in Forbes, US News & World Report, and TheStreet.com. Joe and his co-host, OG, know their stuff, are 100% real and make learning about money fun. Like, for real. Joe also co-hosts the Money with Friends podcast with fellow friend of Crazy Money, Bobbi Rebell.  Visit Paul on http://paulollinger.com or send him a note on [email protected] For great last minute Christmas / Hanukkah gift ideas on Electric D Creations

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Tess Vigeland is the author of Leap: Leaving a Job with No Plan B to Find the Career and Life You Really Want.  Tess spent twenty years in public radio, several of which she spent as an anchor of the national business show, Marketplace and as host of Marketplace Money. She is the recipient of both a Gracie Award for Best Host/Anchor, and a national Edward R. Murrow award. In addition to being a contributing writer at the New York Times, the Guardian, and Forbes, Tess is also a photographer, a volunteer, and a thrower-of-dinner parties. See her gorgeous photos here.  See Paul’s new hairdo on http://paulollinger.com or email him on [email protected]

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Peter Singer is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University whom The New Yorker called “the world’s most influential living philosopher.”  The founder of The Life You Can Save, an organization named after his book of the same name, Peter believes it is our moral duty to give generously—way beyond what we are currently doing--to improve the lives of people living in extreme poverty. Bill and Melinda Gates said the book, “will change the way you think about philanthropy.”  The 10th anniversary edition of The Life You Can Save is available for free (starting TODAY!) in both audio and e-book formats on the website TheLifeYouCanSave.org. Tell Paul hello at http://paulollinger.com or on [email protected]  Produced and edited by Mike Carano Topics addressed in this episode include: Giving, philanthropy, charity, Princeton, altruism.
Topics addressed on Crazy Money include: Philosophy, Happiness, Contentment, Meaning, dreams, purpose, Success, Rat Race, Society, mental health, morality, Buddhism, Stoicism, The hedonic treadmill, Mid-Life Crisis, Business, Work, Careers, Authors, Books, Consumerism, Values, capitalism, economics, investing, saving, spending, personal finance, charity, philanthropy, the good life.

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Morra Aarons-Mele is the founder of award-winning social impact agency Women Online and its database of women influencers, The Mission List.  
An extremely anxious introvert herself, Morra hosts The Anxious Achiever podcast for HBRPresents from Harvard Business Review. Her bestselling book Hiding in the Bathroom: How to Get Out There (When You'd Rather Stay Home) was published by HarperCollins and is available in many languages.
She has written for The Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, and many other prestigious media outlets. Morra has degrees from Harvard's Kennedy School and Brown University, and holds a certificate in Government from the London School of Economics. She and Nicco Mele live in Boston with their three children.
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Richard Robb is an economics professor at Columbia University. And the CEO of Christofferson, Robb and Company, a New York and London based investment management firm. Robb holds a BA from Duke University (1981) and a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago (1985). 
His new book, Willful: How we Choose What We Do explores frameworks for decision making that run counter to traditional economic frameworks. I also talked to Eric Porres, another Duke alum and founder of MeetingScience, on how to make meetings less awful and restore sanity in the workplace. 
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My wife, Stacey, and I talk about how we talk about money, budgeting, and household expenditures. And how we manage our careers and identities in a post-corporate job reality. I hereby acknowledge that the tradeoffs discussed herein are high-class, First World problems.  
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Meik Wiking is the CEO of The Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is a New York Times best-selling author of The Little Book of Hygge,The Little Book of Lykke, and The Art of Making Memories. His books explore happiness, subjective well-being and quality of life. They offer simple tips to help the reader improve day-to-day happiness, and have sold over 1 million copies worldwide. 
See more about Meik’s work here: https://www.happinessresearchinstitute.com/ 
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