Dr. Laurie Santos

Yale has this wonderful partnership with Coursera.org, where Yale is able to give content that's developed on campus to people around the world for free. And so we put the class online and yeah, it also just went really viral. We had a hundred thousand learners the first few months that we had the course up.

Yale has this wonderful partnership with Coursera.org, where Yale is able to give content that's developed on campus to people around the world for free. And so we put the class online and yeah, it also just went really viral. We had a hundred thousand learners the first few months that we had the course up.

Yale has this wonderful partnership with Coursera.org, where Yale is able to give content that's developed on campus to people around the world for free. And so we put the class online and yeah, it also just went really viral. We had a hundred thousand learners the first few months that we had the course up.

And then soon after that COVID hit and in just the first couple of days when most people were in lockdown, we saw the number of people who were trying to take the course octuple in just 72 hours. I think it was like on the front page of Reddit or something, which is how people found out about it.

And then soon after that COVID hit and in just the first couple of days when most people were in lockdown, we saw the number of people who were trying to take the course octuple in just 72 hours. I think it was like on the front page of Reddit or something, which is how people found out about it.

And then soon after that COVID hit and in just the first couple of days when most people were in lockdown, we saw the number of people who were trying to take the course octuple in just 72 hours. I think it was like on the front page of Reddit or something, which is how people found out about it.

But yeah, I mean, I guess the big surprise was just how many people are willing to take a class on happiness, right? To sign up for a Yale class where they would learn these strategies too. It's just, I guess the content just resonated with people much more than I expected. I knew people wanted to be happy, right?

But yeah, I mean, I guess the big surprise was just how many people are willing to take a class on happiness, right? To sign up for a Yale class where they would learn these strategies too. It's just, I guess the content just resonated with people much more than I expected. I knew people wanted to be happy, right?

But yeah, I mean, I guess the big surprise was just how many people are willing to take a class on happiness, right? To sign up for a Yale class where they would learn these strategies too. It's just, I guess the content just resonated with people much more than I expected. I knew people wanted to be happy, right?

We've been talking about the pursuit of happiness since the Declaration of Independence, but I didn't realize just how much people needed these strategies. And I think that tells us something really important about

We've been talking about the pursuit of happiness since the Declaration of Independence, but I didn't realize just how much people needed these strategies. And I think that tells us something really important about

We've been talking about the pursuit of happiness since the Declaration of Independence, but I didn't realize just how much people needed these strategies. And I think that tells us something really important about

Not just the culture that I was talking about happening at Yale, but the culture that we're all living in right now of so many of us are trying to go after happiness, but doing it wrong. And so people really wanted to see what does the science say about how I could do it better?

Not just the culture that I was talking about happening at Yale, but the culture that we're all living in right now of so many of us are trying to go after happiness, but doing it wrong. And so people really wanted to see what does the science say about how I could do it better?

Not just the culture that I was talking about happening at Yale, but the culture that we're all living in right now of so many of us are trying to go after happiness, but doing it wrong. And so people really wanted to see what does the science say about how I could do it better?

That's one of the most amazing things about both doing the podcast and the class, right, is that people will come back to you months later and say, hey, I tried this and it's been working for me. And often it tends to be in things that like I myself am not putting the science into practice for too.

That's one of the most amazing things about both doing the podcast and the class, right, is that people will come back to you months later and say, hey, I tried this and it's been working for me. And often it tends to be in things that like I myself am not putting the science into practice for too.

That's one of the most amazing things about both doing the podcast and the class, right, is that people will come back to you months later and say, hey, I tried this and it's been working for me. And often it tends to be in things that like I myself am not putting the science into practice for too.

I think there's this misconception that as a happiness professor, I'm doing all the things that I preach to my students that they should be doing to feel happy. But of course, a lot of these strategies take some work, right? They take some kind of active effort.

I think there's this misconception that as a happiness professor, I'm doing all the things that I preach to my students that they should be doing to feel happy. But of course, a lot of these strategies take some work, right? They take some kind of active effort.