388: A Science of Happiness Changed Her Life

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Entrepreneur, Turningpoints, Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Career, Education, Inspirational, Inspiring, Entrepreneurs

5 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2016

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Michelle McQuaid was at a high point in her successful career, living in New York, the city of her dreams, when she suddenly felt she was living a life of “grays and blahs.” She started asking herself, “Why am I not enjoying myself? Is this what being a grown-up looks like?” Then, an interview on The Daily Show with Jon Steward totally changed her direction. Harvard professor Tel Ben-Shahar was describing on the science of positive psychology on a television show, the idea that we can measure human flourishing and create interventions to improve it. He said we can actually teach people to be happier. Soon she was commuting from Australia to Pennsylvania to learn the science that was energizing her.

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0:00.0	Hello, world.
0:12.0	Welcome to Discover Your Talent, Do What You Love, number 388.
0:16.9	I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.
0:19.2	Every day, I interview someone around the world who has discovered her talents to do work she loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.
0:30.0	At a high point in her career, having moved a few months earlier to New York, the city of her dreams, Michelle suddenly felt she was living a life of grays and blas.
0:39.6	She found herself asking, how did I wind up here?
0:42.7	Why am I not enjoying it?
0:44.7	Is this just what being a grown-up looks like?
0:47.4	Today I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Michelle McQuaid.
0:51.8	Welcome, Michelle.
0:53.0	Hey, Dunn.
0:53.8	It's great to be with you. Thank you. Michelle, are you using
0:56.8	your talents doing work that you love? I absolutely am, and I feel so fortunate to be able to say yes to
1:02.9	that question. Well, good for you. You're in the minority, and we want to hear the whole story.
1:07.7	Michelle McQuade is a best-selling author, workplace well-being teacher, and change
1:12.3	activator. With more than a decade of senior leadership experience in large organizations around the
1:17.8	world, she's passionate about translating cutting-edge research from positive psychology and
1:23.7	neuroscience into practical strategies for health, happiness, and business success.
1:29.3	An honorary fellow at Melbourne University's Graduate School of Education, she blogs for
1:34.2	psychology today, Huffington Post, and Live Happy, and her work has been featured in Forbes,
1:39.7	the Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, Boss Magazine, The Age, and many more.
1:45.3	Michelle, that's a summary of your career.
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