In this episode, Kaila and Kyle are joined by Yale professor and host of The Happiness Lab podcast, Dr. Laurie Santos, to talk about the small ways you can find more meaning in your job, and the adjustments that help increase our happiness and well being at work.
00:00 Intro
00:44 Dr. Laurie Santos Intro
01:47 How much does your work factor into your overall happiness?
03:33 Dr. Santos’ take on the difference between how millennials and how Gen Z approach work
07:50 “Job crafting”
09:33 Remote vs in-office
12:30 How office perks impact happiness
14:46 How we can alter our relationship with time to increase our happiness
18:09 How “job crafting” is different from toxic positivity
22:47 The “GI Joe Fallacy”
25:50 Advice for working parents
30:05 Dr. Laurie Santos’s personal happiness habits
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