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What's your happiness score? | Dominic Price

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Shoshana Ungerleider, Ted Shoshana, Ted Talks Health, Health & Fitness, How To Be Healthier, Medicine, Fitness

4.01.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

How do you rediscover a happier, more purpose-driven (and less productivity-obsessed) version of yourself at the start of 2023? Quiz yourself alongside work futurist Dominic Price as he lays out a simple yet insightful four-part guide to assessing your life in ways that can help you reconnect with what's really important. Listen to the end to hear commentary from our host Shoshana Ungerleider, MD, for ideas on how to cultivate a little bit of happiness and wellbeing every day.



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1:20.3

This episode is brought to you by Wish You Worked Here from NHS Grampean. If you're an anesthetist, you already know the thrill of being

1:29.2

in the theater where every decision counts, but that same intensity and stress doesn't have to

1:34.9

follow you out of the operating room. At Dr. Gray's Hospital in Elgin, anesthetists don't get lost

1:41.3

in layers of process. They make decisions at the table, where it matters.

1:46.1

It's high stakes work when you want it to be. But minutes later, you can be walking coastal trails,

1:52.1

heading into the forest, or simply back home in time for dinner. This isn't about trading ambition

1:57.6

for lifestyle. It's about finding both. Hands on, not hands tied. A chance to

2:03.8

practice medicine the way you trained for while shaping a job plan that fits your interests,

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whether that's teaching, research, or innovation. So if you've ever wondered what it would feel like

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to make a life, not just a living, go to Wish You Worked Here. Scott and arrange a visit to see for

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yourself. flights and accommodation covered. That's Wish You Worked Here. Scott.

2:25.5

Hey, Ted listeners, this is your host, Dr. Shoshana Ungerleiter. Today, we're going to hear from

2:31.7

work futurist Dominic Price, whose advice about how to assess and reconnect with happiness feels especially relevant right now.

2:40.3

Stick around after the talk to hear about the ongoing research on what makes people happy and what you can do to cultivate happiness every day.

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