Join Cassie Holmes, a chaired professor at UCLA and bestselling author of Happier Hour, as she dives into the link between time and happiness. Discover how much free time is truly needed to feel fulfilled! She uncovers surprising statistics about distractions that rob us of time and shares practical tools to combat feelings of time poverty. Learn to define success on your own terms, align activities with personal values, and escape the trap of societal expectations for a more intentional, joyful life.
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Island Dream
Cassie Holmes felt overwhelmed by work and family pressures.
She dreamed of quitting her job and moving to an island to be happier.
insights INSIGHT
Too Much Time
Having too much free time can decrease happiness due to reduced productivity and purpose.
The key is not endless free time, but spending 2-5 hours daily on enriching activities and social connections.
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Finding Free Time
Track your time to reveal hidden pockets of free time.
Notice and appreciate joyful moments already present in your day, even short ones.
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How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most
Cassie Holmes
In 'Happier Hour,' Cassie Mogilner Holmes provides empirically based insights and easy-to-implement tools to help individuals optimize their time usage. The book, derived from her popular MBA class at UCLA, teaches readers how to spend their hours confidently, sidestep distractions, create moments of joy, design their days with purpose, and look back on their years without regret. Holmes's research emphasizes the importance of focusing on time rather than money to increase happiness and highlights the joy from interpersonal connections and present moment awareness.
389. One Change to Go From Being Time Poor to Time Rich with Cassie Holmes
Chaired professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and best selling author, Cassie Holmes, discusses how much time is enough. She also shares how free time is linked to happiness – and the importance of defining your values to figure out how to spend your time.
-The surprising statistic about how much time we spend distracted
-The surefire way to finally feel successful in life
-How much free time you actually need to be happy
-An exercise you can do to help you avoid deathbed regret
Cassie Holmes is a chaired professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, an award-winning teacher and researcher on time and happiness, and bestselling author of Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most. The course that she developed and now teaches, Applying the Science of Happiness to Life Design, is among UCLA’s most popular courses for graduate business students and executives.
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