Dr. Laurie Santos

But I think also a lot of times we see our young people are really going after the stuff that's not going to matter, like money and prestige and accolades at the expense of something that will give them purpose and a sense of value, a sense of doing good in the world.

But I think also a lot of times we see our young people are really going after the stuff that's not going to matter, like money and prestige and accolades at the expense of something that will give them purpose and a sense of value, a sense of doing good in the world.

And so I think priorities are off a little bit too.

And so I think priorities are off a little bit too.

Yeah, I like to think of happiness as having these two parts of being happy in your life and being happy with your life.

Yeah, I like to think of happiness as having these two parts of being happy in your life and being happy with your life.

So being happy in your life is how it feels to you in the trenches to like be you.

So being happy in your life is how it feels to you in the trenches to like be you.

You know, do you have a lot of positive emotion?

You know, do you have a lot of positive emotion?

Are you experiencing lots of negative emotion?

Are you experiencing lots of negative emotion?

Ideally, we'd have the ratio of positive to negative feeling pretty good.

Ideally, we'd have the ratio of positive to negative feeling pretty good.

This is what scientists call the affective or the emotional part of your happiness.

This is what scientists call the affective or the emotional part of your happiness.

But there's a second part too, which is how you think your life is going.

But there's a second part too, which is how you think your life is going.

This is what researchers call the cognitive part of happiness.

This is what researchers call the cognitive part of happiness.