Episode #1 – Money & Happiness with Brian Portnoy

Today’s show is co-hosted by my colleague, Stig Brodersen, from the popular podcast, We Study Billionaires. Stig and I talk with Brian Portnoy, the director of Education at Magnetar Capital, a $13 Billion hedge fund and the author of The Geometry of Wealth: How to Shape a Life of Money and Meaning. Brian explores the role of money in a happy life.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

  • The role of meaning in a happy life
  • The difference between experienced happiness and reflective happiness
  • What changes when you reach, roughly, $75,000 in annual income
  • How to avoid the hedonic treadmill
  • How to underwrite a meaningful life
  • What is funded contentment, and how can we apply it to our lives

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