How to Be Awesome at Your Job

952: How Wonder Eliminates Stress and Improves Wellbeing with Monica Parker

Apr 11, 2024

24:42

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Monica Parker discusses the benefits of wonder at work, ways to experience wonder, and society's impact on wonder. She shares stories of survival, the benefits of daydreaming, and the importance of emotional diversity for wellbeing. Embracing wonder and slowing down is key for mental health and happiness.

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Quick takeaways

Practicing wonder boosts creativity and reduces stress, enhancing work performance.

Engaging in wonder-inducing activities can improve mental health and decision-making skills.

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Benefits of Wonder at Work and in Life

Having wonder in our lives makes us more creative, humble, and generous, leading to better performance at work and school, healthier relationships, and decreased stress levels. Wonder can also improve our physical health by reducing inflammation and lowering blood pressure.

Introduction

2min

Unleashing Wonder for Stress Reduction and Wellbeing

15min

Exploring the Benefits of Daydreaming and Sleep on Wellbeing

2min

Exploring Wonder, Mixed Emotions, and Emotional Diversity

2min

Embracing Wonder and Slowing Down for Wellbeing

4min

Monica Parker discusses the surprising benefits of wonder—and shares easy ways to experience more of it in your life.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How wonder helps us at work

2) Easy ways to experience more wonder

3) How society discourages wonder—and how to overcome that

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— ABOUT MONICA —

A world-renowned speaker, writer, and authority on the future of work, Monica Parker has spent decades helping people discover how to lead and live wonderfully. The founder of global human analytics and change consultancy HATCH, whose clients include blue-chip companies such as LinkedIn, Google, Prudential, and LEGO, Parker challenges corporate systems to advocate for more meaningful work lives. In addition to her extensive advocacy work, she has been an opera singer, a museum exhibition designer, and a homicide investigator defending death-row inmates. A lover of the arts, literature, and Mexican food, Parker and her family split their time between Atlanta, London, and Nice. Her wonderbringers include travel, fellowship with friends, and Trey Anastasio’s guitar.

• Book: "The Power of Wonder: The Extraordinary Emotion That Will Change the Way You Live, Learn, and Lead"

• Website: Monica-Parker.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: “A Wandering Mind is an Unhappy Mind” by Matthew Killingsworth and Daniel Gilbert

• Book: “Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea by Steve Callahan”

• Book: "Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole" by Susan Cain

• Book: "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe

• Past episode: 775: Susan Cain Uncovers the Surprising and Uplifting Power of Sorrow and Longing

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