Why Success Won’t Make You Happy! w/ Dr. Laurie Santos
From Young and Profiting
Most of us believe happiness comes from achieving more, more success, more money, more milestones. But science says otherwise. In this episode of Young and Profiting, host Hala Taha sits down with Dr. Laurie Santos, Yale professor and host of The Happiness Lab, to uncover the biggest myths about happiness and why our brains are wired to sabotage it. Dr. Santos explains that even when we get what we want, our minds quickly adapt, a psychological phenomenon called hedonic adaptation, which make...
Mentioned in This Episode
- Castbox (company)
- Pushkin Industries (company)
- Dr. Laurie Santos (person)
- The Happiness Lab (company)
- Psychology and the Good Life (book)
- Hala Taha (person)
- Merit Beauty (company)
- Great Skin Serum (product)
- Flush Balm (product)
- PipeDrive (product)
- Yap Media (company)
- Airbnb (company)
- Hedonic Adaptation (concept)
- Social Comparison Theory (concept)
- Miswanting (concept)
- Arrival Fallacy (concept)
- impact bias (concept)
- Journey Mindset (concept)
- Job Crafting (concept)
- Amy Wrzesniewski (person)