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Nov 2025
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Arthur C. Brooks on How Leaders Can Be H...

Harvard Business Review
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It isn't always easy to feel like you can have it all: career, family, hobbies and inner peace. Harvard professor Arthur C. Brooks studies happiness and says it is a direction, not a destination. Brooks believes happiness is especially important for leaders, as the higher you climb the more stressful the job can get - and the wider impact you can have on oth ... Show More
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