Skydeck Crafting Your Life
Aug 26, 2025
Leslie Perlow, a Professor focused on intentional living, shares her insights on crafting a more joyful life. She discusses her Life Matrix tool, which helps assess personal values linked to joy and achievement. The conversation highlights the impact of small, actionable changes over vague goals and examines how social media affects happiness. Additionally, she emphasizes communal support and group accountability as catalysts for sustainable personal growth. Leslie’s transformative approach invites listeners to reflect for a more meaningful existence.
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Map Your Values To Time
- Identify your top values by weighting joy, accomplishment, and meaningfulness to create your personal "jam type."
- Track weekly activities, time, and companions to compare use of hours to your values and get targeted insights.
Make Changes Too Small To Fail
- Start with tiny, specific changes rather than vague goals like "spend more time with family."
- Make adjustments an hour or two per week and design them to be "too small to fail."
Quality Beats Quantity Of Free Time
- Using even small discretionary time well matters more than total available free time.
- Group reflection builds authenticity and shows most people struggle despite curated reunion stories.
