257. Happier Hour with Cassie Holmes

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In today's conversation, I am joined by Dr. Cassie Holmes. Her fantastic book</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Happier Hour</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">was named a "must-read" of 2022 by Forbes AND by the Next Big Idea Club. The Washington Post also profiled it as one of their best health books read and recommended by experts in 2022. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cassie is a Professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. Her research examines how focusing on time (rather than money) increases happiness, how the meaning of happiness changes over the course of life, and how much happiness people enjoy from extraordinary versus ordinary experiences. Across these inquiries, her findings highlight the joy that stems from interpersonal connection and paying attention to the present moment.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cassie’s academic research on the role of time in cultivating well-being has been published in leading academic journals, including</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Psychological Science</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Journal of Personality and Social Psychology</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and the</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Journal of Consumer Research</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and earned her the Early Career Award from both the Association of Consumer Research and the Society of Consumer Psychology. Cassie was identified by</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Poets & Quants</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">as one of the best 40  business professors under 40, and popular accounts of her research have been featured by NPR,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Economist</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The New York Times</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 40