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Oct 2020
45m 51s

Ashley Whillans on Being Time Smart, How...

Erik Fisher
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Ashley Whillans Is an assistant professor at Harvard Business School and author of TIME SMART: How to Reclaim Your Time and Live a Happier Life. In this conversation, Ashley talks about finding time, spending time, funding time, Happiness dollars and how we can reframe our decisions around time and money to make happier choices. This episode is brought to ... Show More
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