By 
Wendy De La Rosa
 | 
Original Content

3 psychological tricks to help you save money

We all want to save more money -- but overall, people today are doing less and less of it. Behavioral scientist Wendy De La Rosa studies how everyday people make decisions to improve their financial well-being. What she's found can help you painlessly make the commitment to save more and spend less.

Related tags:

psychology
work
work-life balance
money
business
TED is supported by ads and partners

Watch next

4:53
Sheila Marie Orfano
Can you trust your memory?
6:02
Rohan Pavuluri
How to empower people to solve their own legal problems
18:23
Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care)
11:33
Jens Burchardt
How we can curb climate change by spending two percent more on everything
16:02
Adam Grant
What frogs in hot water can teach us about thinking again
12:05
Nomava Zanazo
4 myths and misunderstandings about doing business in Africa
11:45
Anu Puusa
The case for co-ops, the invisible giant of the economy
12:44
Marcos Aguiar
7 tools for building a business people trust
5:27
Elizabeth Cox
Can you outsmart the apples and oranges fallacy?
7:50
Patty McCord
4 lessons the pandemic taught us about work, life and balance
15:34
Esther Perel
The routines, rituals and boundaries we need in stressful times
3:25
Wendy De La Rosa
10 steps to boost your financial health -- that you can do in a day
3:30
Wendy De La Rosa
Why talking to your friends can help you save money
38:05
John Kerry and Al Gore
The US is back in the Paris Agreement. What's next?
3:42
Wendy De La Rosa
3 sneaky tactics that websites use to make you spend
2:41
Wendy De La Rosa
A simple 2-step plan for saving more money
9:27
Sarah Ellis, Helen Tupper
The best career path isn't always a straight line
4:15
Wendy De La Rosa
Pay off your credit cards faster with these 4 easy changes