Jenn Lim: Happiness Evangelist and Author of Beyond Happiness

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4.6 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Jenn Lim is the CEO and Chief Happiness Officer of Delivering Happiness which she co-founded with Tony Hsieh, a company that inspires people to achieve passion, happiness, and purpose. Her motto is "change your world, then change the world." Jenn recently wrote Beyond Happiness: How Authentic Leaders Prioritize Purpose and People for Growth and Impact. Great conversation on Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People podcast with Jenn on culture and happiness and how this can create a more successful company. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	In my years of entrepreneurship, I've seen countless startups. And here's the truth.
0:07.3	Smart spending drives growth, which is something Brex has championed. Brex isn't just a corporate credit
0:14.0	card. It's a strategic tool to help your company achieve peak performance. Corporate cards, banking, expense management, all integrated
0:24.1	on an AI-powered platform that turns every dollar into opportunity. In fact, 30,000 companies
0:32.9	are trusting Brex to help them win. Go to brex.com slash grow to learn more.
0:44.4	I'm Guy Kawasaki and this is remarkable people.
0:52.6	Our guest today is Jen Lim.
0:55.3	Jen is the CEO and chief happiness officer of delivering happiness,
0:59.6	a company that inspires people to achieve passion, happiness, and purpose.
1:04.6	She is also an author, speaker, and entrepreneur.
1:08.1	She was a consultant at Zappos for eight years from 2003 to 2011. In 2010, she managed
1:15.7	the launch of the book, Delivering Happiness, by the CEO of Zappos, Tony Shea. This book hit number
1:22.7	one on bestseller lists, including the New York Times and USA Today. It sold approximately 1 million copies.
1:29.9	What started as a book morphed into a company and a global happiness movement.
1:34.9	Jen is part of the Global Happiness Council of Work and Wellbeing and on the advisory board for
1:39.7	Springboard, an initiative led by Geisinger Health Systems. During her time at Zappos, she created
1:46.2	the first of several Zappos culture books. They served as a global footprint for how companies
1:51.4	can leverage culture and happiness to increase productivity and profitability. Jen believes
1:56.8	that happier employees equals happier customers equals successful company. She challenges
2:01.8	people to look beyond society's definition of success, status, title, and money, and redefine
2:07.9	what happiness looks like on both an individual and company-wide basis. Her motto is,
2:13.6	Change Your World, then Change the World. She recently published a new book called Beyond Happiness,
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