This week’s video shares some psychological research on the happiness impact of getting $5 for yourself, or getting $5 that you must spend on someone else.
Our perception is very different from the reality. Subjects predicted that getting $5 for themselves would make them happier. Subject’s lived experience shows it is the opposite.
Dunn et al (2008), Spending Money on Others Promotes Happiness
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