Why Talking About Your Work “Too Much” Is A Good Thing

Merle van den Akker
Nov 4 · 4 min read

We haven’t seen each other for a while and decided to meet up for drinks. We sit down, order, unwind and start talking. We get through the small talk, and move onto our work. She works in a bank, I am in a PhD. We almost constantly talk about personal finance research.

An hour later I notice that we haven’t moved on from talking about work. I tell her this. She raises an…

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Merle van den Akker

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Behavioural scientist, living the PhD life. Making behavioral & personal finance insights accessible to all. Read: moneyonthemind.org or Tweet: @MoneyMindMerle

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