Finding the Right Balance of Pleasure and Purpose

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I think finding the right balance of pleasure and purpose is really important. Ar you should play video games if that's something that actually really helps you relax. I think for some people it's been shown that it can like mindfulness. If playing marryo cartis what gets you kind of out of the day and into the moment, you should spend time on that. But it's balancing that time. So balance the time between serving yourself in the present day and also serve yourself in the future. i guess most people's dream job would be one where they've got pleasure plus purpose in the same thing. And that would be great, eh? but if not, then some things are leas

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"The goal is there to serve two purposes. One so that you start investing in your career and two so that you bring your future self forward so you are not just investing in activities that serve you for the present day" - Dr Grace Lordan

We all have big dreams for the future, but to achieve our goals we have to start with small steps. Dr Grace Lordan is an Associate Professor in Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics and an expert advisor to the UK government as a member of the skills and productivity board. Grace has recently released her book 'Think Big: Take Smalls Steps and Build The Future You Want', an evidence based guide that looks at how your small actions today will determine your future self and draws on behavioural science to offer every day, actionable solutions that will move you towards your goals.

In the conversation Ali takes a deep dive into Grace's book covering tonnes of behavioural science concepts including how our emotions influence decision making, the relationship between gender and risk aversion and why we procrastinate and fear of failure. You'll leave the episode with a better understanding of why people stumble in their career journeys, why others succeed and some practical advice to set you off on your think big journey.

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