Dr. Laurie Santos

move the plants and the paintings around.

move the plants and the paintings around.

They don't really have to do for their job, but it lets them bring a little creativity into the work that they do.

They don't really have to do for their job, but it lets them bring a little creativity into the work that they do.

And that means the mopping and the linen and all the stuff they have to do, they do that better.

And that means the mopping and the linen and all the stuff they have to do, they do that better.

And so I think this is a thing that we forget about the journey.

And so I think this is a thing that we forget about the journey.

The journey is a real opportunity to execute all this stuff that just makes us feel alive and good when we're doing it, but we forget and leave on the table real opportunities to do that more often.

The journey is a real opportunity to execute all this stuff that just makes us feel alive and good when we're doing it, but we forget and leave on the table real opportunities to do that more often.

Big fallacy.

Big fallacy.

I think this is confusing the importance of spending money to get happiness, right?

I think this is confusing the importance of spending money to get happiness, right?

We assume that buying stuff is going to make us a little bit happier, but in practice, it's just not going to make us as happy as we think.

We assume that buying stuff is going to make us a little bit happier, but in practice, it's just not going to make us as happy as we think.

Money can give us a little bit of happiness, but we tend to need to spend it on other people rather than ourselves.

Money can give us a little bit of happiness, but we tend to need to spend it on other people rather than ourselves.

This is the fallacy.

This is the fallacy.