Many people think a successful career moves in a straight line, always upward and forward. But life isn’t that neat. There are actually four different career paths, and which one is best for you depends on your individual psychology. In this episode of Office Hours, I talk about why the happiest...

What is our purpose and meaning? What are we moving towards? In one of his final television interviews Viennese psychiatrist Viktor Frankl, author of "Man's Search for Meaning" explains how Logotherapy's concepts of meaning and self-transcendence contrast the deterministic views of modern...

What is this journey in between the event we call “birth” and the one we call “death” and what is the meaning of life for Christians? Is the journey taking you somewhere, or are you leading yourself to some kind of destination – a destination that could extend beyond your last breath? What do you...

Have you ever felt unsettled in yourself? You walk into a room and it's like you lose yourself? Or maybe it's more a state of being--you feel like you're always looking for a place, person, job, or context to figure out this longing of who you are and what you offer? In this video, we walk through...

Harvard behavioral social scientist and author of "The Happiness Files" Arthur C. Brooks argues that self-doubt is usually evidence of healthy humility—not incompetence—and a clear contrast to the overconfidence of “dark-triad” personalities. Brooks shows executives how to reframe imposter feelings...

“Do I have my emotions or do my emotions have me? Have I graduated past the level of emotional intelligence that most people get stuck in? That, of a nine-year-old? Is it possible to live a life of freedom inside of a clarified understanding of where I end and others begin? Do I live with an...

I distinctly remember the day I sat in my junior English class after returning from Christmas break. My teacher asked us what our New Year’s resolutions were for the year. To be honest, I can’t remember mine, but I remember a classmate’s: starting a gratitude journal . That sounded like a good idea...

Harvard Professor of happiness, Arthur Brooks, turns the tables on the idea of the “bucket list” as a way of achieving satisfaction, showing us where real joy and contentment are far more likely to be found, in the everyday investments of faith, deep relationships, meaningful work, and love....

I am so miserable and tired of the monotony of life. Join the club. We will all inevitably ask, what is my purpose? What does it all mean? All of us at some point will suffer from the want of meaning or purpose in our lives. Without it, we drift away from ourselves and everyone else, living in a...