TED Talks on Money and Retirement
TED Talks on Money and Retirement
— Receive access to exclusive information, benefits and discounts Whether you aspire to join the dramatically increasing ranks of those who live to age 100-plus or you just want to enjoy for whatever years you do have, writer and researcher Dan Buettner presents his findings from what he calls Blue Zones — the four "hot spots of human health and vitality" that he has studied for National Geographic. From diet and exercise to lifestyle choices and spirituality, it is striking how many of Buettner's findings and recommendations for a longer, more robust life come without any increased financial expense to practitioners.
10 TED Talks on Money and Retirement
How to make saving less painful reap happiness from downsizing and live to be 100
Joe Scarnici/Getty Images Actress Jane Fonda talks living life to the fullest in her 'Life's third act' TED Talk Anyone who watches TED Talks — short videos with experts discussing intriguing ideas — knows how quickly time flies. You start viewing a talk, say, on whether computers can write poetry or how to spot a liar, then click on a discussion of what happens when you reply to spam mail or how to use data to make a hit TV show. And so on. Pretty soon, the afternoon is gone. Well, if your interests are , and the pursuit of happiness as you age, we can save you some time. Here are the top 10 TED Talks on those topics. To view, go to and search under the speakers' names.1 Shlomo Benartzi
It only makes sense. We are much more willing to commit to if it will take place at a future date rather than today. Also, it's easier to salt away money if we don't feel as if we are giving up anything in the process, and if doing so is easier and requires less effort than not saving. Economist Shlomo Benartzi shares real-life advice on how to turn these attitudes and behavioral challenges around in order to get people to squirrel away more for retirement. .2 Michael Norton
Money can make us happy, but we're spending it on the wrong things. Social science researcher Michael Norton presents scientific evidence that splurging on yourself doesn't improve happiness, but spending money on others does. And the amount spent doesn't change how much happiness we gain, nor does the way we spend on others. All that matters is the simple act of giving.3 Daniel Goldstein
Every day we make many decisions, both large and small. But when planning for a long-term goal like retirement, how can we increase the chances that our short-term decisions will achieve our future goals? Daniel Goldstein, a behavioral economist, discusses techniques and tools for envisioning the future and making smart decisions today to benefit the "Future Us."4 Jane Fonda
The Oscar-winning actress offers thought-provoking observations about living to the fullest during the period she describes as "life's third act" — the 30 or so extra years that generations today are likely to live beyond the typical life span of their grandparents. With this so-called "longevity revolution," Fonda says, comes an opportunity to continue to grow and learn, and — maybe most important — to review our lives up until that point within the context of the wisdom and perspective that we have gained.5 Dan Gilbert
Dan Gilbert is a Harvard psychologist and best-selling author you may recognize from a series of popular television ads about planning for retirement. Gilbert says the human brain has the power to manufacture happiness — so you don't necessarily need to always get what you think you want in order to be happy. The freedom to make up your own mind or change your mind is the friend of natural happiness, which can have a profound effect on things such as planning for and .6 Dan Buettner
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— Receive access to exclusive information, benefits and discounts Whether you aspire to join the dramatically increasing ranks of those who live to age 100-plus or you just want to enjoy for whatever years you do have, writer and researcher Dan Buettner presents his findings from what he calls Blue Zones — the four "hot spots of human health and vitality" that he has studied for National Geographic. From diet and exercise to lifestyle choices and spirituality, it is striking how many of Buettner's findings and recommendations for a longer, more robust life come without any increased financial expense to practitioners.