Modern WisdomDec 16, 2019

#127 - Koen Smets - The Behavioural Economics Of How We Spend Our Time

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Guest: Koen Smets

Notable books mentioned: Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It by Kamal Ravikant, Doing Nothing by Shinzen Young

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Koen Smets is a behavioural economist and professor. We've been told "time is money" for all our lives, but how does time RELATE to money? We can't save time the same way we can save money, so what are the implications for how we should conduct our lives? Today Koen digs deep into the relationship between time, money, life satisfaction and much more. Extra Stuff: Check out Koen's Medium - https://medium.com/@koenfucius Follow Koen on Twitter - https://twitter.com/koenfucius Take a break from alcohol and upgrade your life - https://6monthssober.com/podcast Check out everything I recommend from books to products - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact

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Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It

Kamal Ravikant

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Key quote: “Also coming up, Naval Ravikant's brother, Kamal Ravikant, talking about Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It, his brand new book.”

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Shinzen Young

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Key quote: “the power of literally doing nothing”

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