We as a species have always been obsessed with happiness. The culture apparatus that we surround

ourselves with is telling us all the wrong things to do, right? Go for money, go for status, just buy

something, change your circumstances, you'll feel happier. And what we know is like those are wrong.

We go after those things at the expense of social connection, time for rest. We kind of forego those

great things in the service of stuff that's not going to

make us feel good. I think if these strategies is almost like preventative mental health,

so you can have your little a la carte snack list of different strategies you use to feel happier.

And if you can manage to turn them into habits to put them into effect, you'll wind up reaping the

benefits.

Hey, everybody, welcome to the podcast. Today's version of which is focused entirely on happiness.

My guest for this very broad and somewhat elusive subject matter is Dr. Laurie Santos, who is a professor of psychology

and the head of Silliman College at Yale University, where she teaches psychology and the good

life, which is one of, if not the, most popular courses at Yale. And we're going to get right

into it in a sec, but first.

What if we've all been thinking about our future wrong? What if there is no finish line?

What if there's only a through line? Well, that's the idea behind a special project I've been

working on with Lincoln Financial, a four-part series of mini documentaries in which each episode

features me spending the better part of a day with a remarkable human to understand what it

really takes to evolve with intention over the long haul and how to

sustain what you love across the physical, mental, and financial dimensions of life.

My guests include something for everyone, Andre Agassi, tennis legend, Olympian Sarah True,

musician Walker Hayes, and Morgan Howousel an expert in personal finance.

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