Dr. Laurie Santos

you start mattering. And so I think that is really the path. Pretty much everyone's studying the impact of social connection on happiness, the role that good deeds play in happiness. I think that they really are studying mattering, even if they're not calling it that.

you start mattering. And so I think that is really the path. Pretty much everyone's studying the impact of social connection on happiness, the role that good deeds play in happiness. I think that they really are studying mattering, even if they're not calling it that.

you start mattering. And so I think that is really the path. Pretty much everyone's studying the impact of social connection on happiness, the role that good deeds play in happiness. I think that they really are studying mattering, even if they're not calling it that.

Yeah, a little bit. I mean, I think it's hard to, can you matter on a desert island, right? No one else is there with you, right? Probably not. I think mattering really relies on our social ties, our social connection, right? We matter more when other people care about us. We matter to someone, right?

Yeah, a little bit. I mean, I think it's hard to, can you matter on a desert island, right? No one else is there with you, right? Probably not. I think mattering really relies on our social ties, our social connection, right? We matter more when other people care about us. We matter to someone, right?

Yeah, a little bit. I mean, I think it's hard to, can you matter on a desert island, right? No one else is there with you, right? Probably not. I think mattering really relies on our social ties, our social connection, right? We matter more when other people care about us. We matter to someone, right?

And that's one of the reasons I think social connection is so important for happiness, but also that it's like incorporates mattering, right? Is that you need other people to experience a sense of belonging. You need other people to have true causal efficacy for the stuff that matters. And I do think the stuff that matters is the kind of stuff that Dacher is getting at, right?

And that's one of the reasons I think social connection is so important for happiness, but also that it's like incorporates mattering, right? Is that you need other people to experience a sense of belonging. You need other people to have true causal efficacy for the stuff that matters. And I do think the stuff that matters is the kind of stuff that Dacher is getting at, right?

And that's one of the reasons I think social connection is so important for happiness, but also that it's like incorporates mattering, right? Is that you need other people to experience a sense of belonging. You need other people to have true causal efficacy for the stuff that matters. And I do think the stuff that matters is the kind of stuff that Dacher is getting at, right?

These moral actions in the world, right? Often we experience awe when people go like super above and beyond. These are his Kind of ideas of these sort of moral goodness in the world really activates our sense of transcendence, our sense of awe. But I think the everyday kind of stuff, just like helping your neighbor move, right? Checking in on a friend who's going through a tough time.

These moral actions in the world, right? Often we experience awe when people go like super above and beyond. These are his Kind of ideas of these sort of moral goodness in the world really activates our sense of transcendence, our sense of awe. But I think the everyday kind of stuff, just like helping your neighbor move, right? Checking in on a friend who's going through a tough time.

These moral actions in the world, right? Often we experience awe when people go like super above and beyond. These are his Kind of ideas of these sort of moral goodness in the world really activates our sense of transcendence, our sense of awe. But I think the everyday kind of stuff, just like helping your neighbor move, right? Checking in on a friend who's going through a tough time.

Those kinds of things show that you mean something. You've done something with your day that truly has helped another person. And that I think really increases our psychological sense that we matter.

Those kinds of things show that you mean something. You've done something with your day that truly has helped another person. And that I think really increases our psychological sense that we matter.

Those kinds of things show that you mean something. You've done something with your day that truly has helped another person. And that I think really increases our psychological sense that we matter.

Well, I think specifically the idea of mattering in the workplace, I think is one that we just haven't thought a lot about, but is going to be really important for reducing burnout in the workplace, increasing happiness in the workplace, honestly, even increasing retention in the workplace.

Well, I think specifically the idea of mattering in the workplace, I think is one that we just haven't thought a lot about, but is going to be really important for reducing burnout in the workplace, increasing happiness in the workplace, honestly, even increasing retention in the workplace.

Well, I think specifically the idea of mattering in the workplace, I think is one that we just haven't thought a lot about, but is going to be really important for reducing burnout in the workplace, increasing happiness in the workplace, honestly, even increasing retention in the workplace.

Jan-Emmanuel Deneuve, who's a professor of economics at the University of Oxford, did this really cool study recently with the job site Indeed. If you haven't been on Indeed, it's one of these job sites where you can rate all this stuff about your job, like what your salary is and importantly, how happy you are at work and so on.

Jan-Emmanuel Deneuve, who's a professor of economics at the University of Oxford, did this really cool study recently with the job site Indeed. If you haven't been on Indeed, it's one of these job sites where you can rate all this stuff about your job, like what your salary is and importantly, how happy you are at work and so on.