Feel Like You Never Have Time? Prof. Cassie Holmes Has the Answer!

02/05/2025 25 min
Feel Like You Never Have Time? Prof. Cassie Holmes Has the Answer!

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Professor Cassie Holmes, a leading expert in Marketing and Behavioral Decision Making and the Bud Knapp Marketing Professor at UCLA Anderson School of Management, offers valuable insights from her latest book, Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most.

Prof. Cassie Holmes studies happiness, with a particular focus on the role of time. Her research explores questions such as how prioritizing time over money can enhance happiness, how the meaning of happiness evolves throughout one’s lifetime, and how people derive joy from both extraordinary and everyday experiences. Across these investigations, her findings consistently highlight the deep happiness that comes from connecting personally with others and being fully present in the moment.

Prof. Holmes’ research has appeared in top journals like Psychological Science and the Journal of Consumer Research, and has been featured in NPR, The New York Times, The Economist, and more. Named one of Poets & Quants’ Best 40 Business Professors Under 40, she’s also received early career awards from leading academic associations for her impactful work on time and happiness.

Prior to joining UCLA Anderson, Prof. Holmes was a tenured faculty member at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was an award-winning teacher of strategic brand management. She earned her Ph.D. in marketing from Stanford University and her B.A. from Columbia University as a psychology major.

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