logo
episode-header-image
Oct 2022
51m 20s

Ep285 - Cassie Holmes | How to Beat Dist...

TALKS AT GOOGLE
About this episode

Professor Cassie Holmes visits Google to discuss her book "Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most." Cassie argues that our most precious resource isn’t money. It’s time. We are allotted just twenty-four hours a day, and we live in a culture that keeps us feeling “time poor” —like we just never have enough. Since we can’t add more hours to the day, how can we experience our lives as being richer? Is it possible to spend our days so they aren’t just full, but are fulfilling?

Based on her wildly popular MBA class at UCLA, Cassie demonstrates how to immediately improve our lives by changing how we perceive and invest our time. “Happier Hour” teaches you how small changes can have an enormous impact, helping you feel less overwhelmed, more present, and more satisfied with your life overall. It all starts by transforming just one hour into a happier hour.

Visit YouTube.com/TalksatGoogle to watch the video.

 

Up next
Jul 8
Tu David Phu | The Memory of Taste
Top Chef alum Tu David Phu joins Google to talk about his book, “The Memory of Taste: Vietnamese American Recipes from Phú Quoc, Oakland, and the Spaces Between.” The book is a playful collection of over 85 Vietnamese and Viet American dishes, and immersive travel photography tha ... Show More
1h 10m
Jul 1
Broadway's Stranger Things
Broadway just got turned Upside Down. “Stranger Things: The First Shadow” brings the popular TV show to life on stage. Gabrielle Neveah, Alison Jaye, Burke Swanson and Juan Carlos join Google to discuss the play, which has been hailed as a “game-changing experience” that makes th ... Show More
54m 2s
Jun 27
The Skimm | Carly Zakin & Danielle Weisberg
The Skimm was founded in 2012 as a daily newsletter for women to make the news more digestible, and to help you understand how the day’s stories impact your life. Since then, it’s expanded into a digital media company, including multiple newsletters, podcasts, a mobile app, and S ... Show More
28m 15s
Recommended Episodes
Aug 2024
How to Expand Time & Increase Happiness | Cassie Holmes
Are you constantly feeling overwhelmed, with too many things to do and never enough time? Discover research-backed strategies to overcome the chronic state of "time poverty" from award-winning professor Cassie Holmes. Her fascinating work at the intersection of time and happiness ... Show More
1h 1m
Jan 2025
182. Stop Chasing Time and Start Owning It: Communication, Happiness & Wellbeing
Clarify your purpose — and stop wasting time.The new year gives us an opportunity to reflect on who we are and who we want to be. As we set resolutions and prepare for evolutions, this special four-part series on communication, happiness, and well-being explores practical ways to ... Show More
21m 47s
Apr 2020
How to Take Control of Your Time & Get More Done
Laura Vanderkam is the author of several books on productivity and time management, including Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done and 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think.    These days most of us have been forced to step away from our normal routines, a ... Show More
58m 39s
Mar 2024
How To Simplify Your Life
Life can get hectic, and if you want to know how to simplify your life, the following tips will help you get started. Don't go through your days being busy and passing time. Stop doing things that are wasting your precious minutes. Make time to do the things that matter most. -- ... Show More
7m 32s
May 2024
Make Time your Friend
Panic less, enjoy more - treat time well and it will treat you well.Humans have a difficult relationship with time.It is the medium that gives us all the experiences that make life so great. It also ages us and ultimately robs us of everything we ever have and ever loved.We cover ... Show More
15m 45s
Dec 2024
563: How to Become Abundant (In Every Aspect of Life) with Cathy Heller
In a world where we feel pressure to do more, be more, work harder, and have it all – it’s no wonder so many of us are tired of trying to hustle our way into the perfect life. But what if the secret to finally achieving freedom, financial success, and an overall life of abundance ... Show More
46m 7s
Jan 2025
Instant Gratification and the Death of Mastery: How to Refocus Your Life
Make time your secret weapon. Our success and happiness are often eroded by the 7 habits of highly impatient people. We are losing the ability to focus and glorify instant success. Thus we lose the ability to stick with anything and create meaningful work. This episode goes throu ... Show More
27m 11s
Jan 2025
Becoming Your Future Self with Mimi Bouchard
Are you feeling stuck in a rut? Is everyday life getting you down but you don’t know how to change it? Can you imagine the life of your dreams but you’re not sure exactly how to get there? In today’s episode, Rachel is joined by Mimi Bouchard, the creator of Activations. Mimi tra ... Show More
1h 6m
Mar 2025
384. The Logical Case for Positive Thinking with Oliver Burkeman
Do you constantly feel like you need to control everything in your life? Like if you could just be more organized, more productive, more perfect, then you’d finally feel at peace? What if the real secret to feeling more fulfilled was actually letting go of that control? This week ... Show More
34m 54s
Mar 2025
Creativity, Burnout and Life Beyond Productivity with Maria Bowler
Rise and Grind, Girlbosses! It’s time to GROWTH HACK your way to your BEST SELF and make this the ULTIMATE year. If you don’t have time, you can make time, because excuses are no excuse. Just kidding! Like so many of us, author Maria Bowler found herself caught up in the Producti ... Show More
51m 31s