Dr. Laurie Santos

Yeah, I think so.

Yeah, I think so.

I mean, the journey is where we can get some of these positive emotions, right?

I mean, the journey is where we can get some of these positive emotions, right?

Even if the journey is not great, right?

Even if the journey is not great, right?

Even if those positive emotions don't come immediately, right?

Even if those positive emotions don't come immediately, right?

You know, think of the last time you really had a tough project that you're working on in the job or a tough thing that you were trying to learn.

You know, think of the last time you really had a tough project that you're working on in the job or a tough thing that you were trying to learn.

You're trying to learn an instrument or some sort of new way to code something.

You're trying to learn an instrument or some sort of new way to code something.

At first, that might be really frustrating as you don't understand it.

At first, that might be really frustrating as you don't understand it.

But that moment where you get in the flow, where you're learning something, you're getting that positive feeling.

But that moment where you get in the flow, where you're learning something, you're getting that positive feeling.

And then at the end, when you finish it, that's the kind of thing that really matters.

And then at the end, when you finish it, that's the kind of thing that really matters.

It's not because you're going to get to some endpoint of turn something in or get a perfect grade or get a perfect quarterly report.

It's not because you're going to get to some endpoint of turn something in or get a perfect grade or get a perfect quarterly report.