This is episode number 961 with Dr. Laurie Santos.

Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Louis Howe's former pro athlete

Turned Lifestyle Entrepreneur. In each week we bring you an inspiring person or message

to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness.

Thanks for spending some time with me today. Now let the class begin.

Alala once said it is important to know who you are to make decisions to show who you are.

And Les Brown said help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.

Here on the School of Greatness we're all about making empowered decisions in our quest

for happiness and growth and my guest today has created a career out of studying how to make

wiser choices and live in a more fulfilling way. Dr. Laurie Santos is a professor of psychology

at Yale University and expert on human cognition, decision making and the search for happiness.

In a couple of years ago her course Psychology and the Good Life which is now called the Science

of Wellbeing became the most popular class in the 319 year history of Yale. Dr. Laurie Santos

is the host of the podcast The Happiness Lab and will forever alter the way you think about

finding contentment. I was so inspired by our conversation and I'm sure you will be as well.

And in this episode we talk about the five steps that you can take today to be happier right now.

The importance of being in service to others to maintain your individual happiness.

How we can express frustration in a constructive way instead of an angry one.

The power that sleep and exercise has on our mental health and different mental health needs

for different types of people especially in this challenging time. That and so much more.

I'm so grateful to share this information and episode with you and remember make sure to pass this

along if it's making an impact on you because you have the power to change someone's life by sharing

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