How to Hack Your Mind for Happiness | Psychologist Laurie Santos | Ep. 554

Laurie Santos is a professor of psychology at Yale University, instructor of Coursera’s The Science of Well-Being course (adapted from her popular Psychology and the Good Life course at Yale), and host of The Happiness Lab podcast.

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What We Discuss with Laurie Santos:

😊 Happiness is actually a set of skills we can learn and master as opposed to some ideal state of being.
😊 While there’s no denying that genetics and circumstances play a role in happiness, the good news is that we’re in control of developing the mindset and behavior to mobilize it.
😊 The mechanisms by which people become happy (or miserable), and some tools we can use to to hack our own happiness.
😊 The bad news: we outgrow the rush of the happiest days of our lives; the good news: we outgrow the anguish from the worst days of our lives.
😊 Why Olympic bronze medalists are often happier than silver medalists.
😊 And much more…

What does it mean to be happy? Is it a blissful state of being, or can we learn and master the mindset, skills, and behavior to make it occur more naturally and more often in our lives? Today’s guest demonstrates that happiness is really the latter, and shares practical advice to make us more happiness prone for the benefit of ourselves and others.

Dr. Laurie Santos is a professor of psychology at Yale University whose expertise is human cognition and the cognitive biases that impede better choices. She’s best known for her course, Psychology and the Good Life, which teaches students what science says about how to make wiser choices and live a life that is more fulfilling. This has been Yale’s most popular class in over 300 years, and has been adapted into a free Coursera course, The Science of Well-Being, that has been taken by 3.5 million people. Her podcast, The Happiness Lab, launched in 2019 and has over 44 million downloads. Listen, learn, and enjoy!

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