In the latest episode of Lives Well Lived, the podcast I co-host with Kasia de Lazari-Radek, we speak with Harvard professor of psychology and bestselling author Daniel Gilbert, whose book Stumbling on Happiness transformed our understanding of why we often don’t choose wisely when it comes to our own happiness.
Love and work, amen. So very true, at least in my life. How much is genetic and how much is learned? The work part feels genetic, like, why is it that my idea of happiness is one day (please, not right now!) keeling over at the keyboard upon which I am at this moment typing? Love and work, yes. And the joy of other people's creativity -- good books, good movies, good Substacks. Thank you.
Love and work, amen. So very true, at least in my life. How much is genetic and how much is learned? The work part feels genetic, like, why is it that my idea of happiness is one day (please, not right now!) keeling over at the keyboard upon which I am at this moment typing? Love and work, yes. And the joy of other people's creativity -- good books, good movies, good Substacks. Thank you.