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Stop Looking for the Perfect Job - a "Good Enough Job" is Just Fine

Stop Looking for the Perfect Job - a "Good Enough Job" is Just Fine

FromThe Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos


Stop Looking for the Perfect Job - a "Good Enough Job" is Just Fine

FromThe Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Jan 23, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We can put huge amounts of physical and emotional energy into our jobs - even basing our self-worth on our achievements at work and letting ourselves be defined by what we do. So have our careers taken over too much of our lives? 
Simone Stolzoff (author of The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work) argues that we should stop hunting for the "perfect" job - that idealized career that will prove to others how smart, industrious or virtuous we are - and instead find an occupation that allows to us live happier and more rounded lives that don't revolve only around work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Jan 23, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

You might think you know what it takes to lead a happier life… more money, a better job, or Instagram-worthy vacations. You’re dead wrong. Yale professor Dr. Laurie Santos has studied the science of happiness and found that many of us do the exact opposite of what will truly make our lives better. Based on the psychology course she teaches at Yale--the most popular class in the university’s 300-year history--Laurie will take you through the latest scientific research and share some surprising and inspiring stories that will change the way you think about happiness. For an even deeper dive into the research we talk about in the show and to sign up to our newsletter visit: happinesslab.fm