Per My Last Email
Per My Last Email
Morning Brew
How to Be Happier at Work, with Dr. Laurie Santos
33 minutes Posted May 12, 2025 at 10:00 am.
Intro
Dr. Laurie Santos Intro
How much does your work factor into your overall happiness?
Dr. Santos’ take on the difference between how millennials and how Gen Z approach work
“Job crafting”
Remote vs in-office
How office perks impact happiness
How we can alter our relationship with time to increase our happiness
How “job crafting” is different from toxic positivity
The “GI Joe Fallacy”
Advice for working parents
Dr. Laurie Santos’s personal happiness habits
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In this episode, Kaila and Kyle are joined by Yale professor and host of The Happiness Lab podcast, Dr. Laurie Santos, to talk about the small ways you can find more meaning in your job, and the adjustments that help increase our happiness and well being at work. 
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Each week on Per My Last Email, Morning Brew’s resident career experts Kaila and Kyle – whose careers have collectively spanned the corporate, government, nonprofit and startup sectors – debate the trickiest challenges in work life, and share tactics on how to overcome them. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app!
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