Dr. Laurie Santos

What if you focus on the journey?

What if you focus on the journey?

Well, now you're paying attention to what it feels like to learn things along the way, to push through the probably many tiny challenges you have to do to get there, right?

Well, now you're paying attention to what it feels like to learn things along the way, to push through the probably many tiny challenges you have to do to get there, right?

You have time to be present and notice what's happening.

You have time to be present and notice what's happening.

So many studies show the importance of presence and just noticing flow when you're going through things.

So many studies show the importance of presence and just noticing flow when you're going through things.

You get to kind of enjoy the parts of it that are most of what it is, as opposed to the one moment where you get the big email that something great came through.

You get to kind of enjoy the parts of it that are most of what it is, as opposed to the one moment where you get the big email that something great came through.

And so if you can find ways to enjoy that journey, you'll wind up being a lot happier overall.

And so if you can find ways to enjoy that journey, you'll wind up being a lot happier overall.

Yeah, and I think what you want to do in that is really find the things that allow you to show off the things that you value.

Yeah, and I think what you want to do in that is really find the things that allow you to show off the things that you value.

There's some lovely work by the Wharton Business School professor, Amy Resninsky, who talks about what she calls job crafting.

There's some lovely work by the Wharton Business School professor, Amy Resninsky, who talks about what she calls job crafting.

And so this is thinking of your job, not in terms of a particular job description, but thinking of your job in terms of the way it allows you to exercise some of your strengths, some of your virtues.

And so this is thinking of your job, not in terms of a particular job description, but thinking of your job in terms of the way it allows you to exercise some of your strengths, some of your virtues.

I get to execute humor or leadership or bravery or curiosity, or I get to learn and I really love learning.

I get to execute humor or leadership or bravery or curiosity, or I get to learn and I really love learning.