How to Buy Happiness

Having money can make you happy... when you spend it on someone else.  That's the message of psychologist Michael Norton, based on how we feel about what we buy and how we spend.

Norton, an Assistant Professor at the Harvard Business School, studied how people feel when they spend money on themselves vs how they feel when they spend on others.

What he found is happiness comes from spending on someone other than yourself, but not nearly as much when spending on ones self.

Here is a link to Michael Norton's inspiring TED presentation...

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/michael_norton_how_to_buy_happiness.html