Ashley Whillans Is an assistant professor at Harvard Business School and author of TIME SMART: How to Reclaim Your Time and Live a Happier Life.In this conversation, Ashley talks about finding time, spending time, funding time, Happiness dollars and how we can reframe our decisions around time and money to make happier choices.This episode is brought to you ... Show More
Oct 19
Deep Work: Why Your Focus Depends on Your Team with Shawn Vanderhoven
Most deep work doesn't fail at your desk. It fails in the team around you, which is what leadership researcher Shawn Vanderhoven spent three years studying.Shawn is a partner at The Wiseman Group, where he works alongside Liz Wiseman, author of Multipliers. With his wife and co-a ... Show More
57m 40s
Oct 15
Optimism: Why It’s a Behavior, Not a Mood with Michelle Gielan
Optimism isn't a mood you're born with, and it isn't a mindset you can summon on command. It's a set of habits you practice, especially on the hard days. That's the case Michelle Gielan makes in her new book, Resilient Optimism: The Science of Sustaining a Positive Mindset in Tou ... Show More
47m 41s
Oct 12
Focus, Sleep, and Stress: The 90-Minute Method Behind Better Work with Christian Poensgen
Focus, sleep, and stress all run on the same 90-minute cycle — and Dr. Christian Poensgen argues that's where productivity that lasts actually begins. He's a scientist turned executive coach whose doctoral work was on the relationship between stress and performance, and co-author ... Show More
59m 43s
Jan 2021
A New Way to Think About Your Time | Ashley Whillans
For many of us, in this pandemic, our relationship to time has become particularly fraught. You may be noticing that, with no limits on your work time, you are going into overdrive and feeling more crazed than ever. Or you may be feeling like you have too much time and are bored ... Show More
1h 14m
Nov 2024
Best of “How To”: Spend Time on What You Value
This new season of How To is a collection of our favorite episodes from past seasons—a best-of series focused on slowing down, making space, and finding meaning in our hectic lives. This first episode, from our third season called How to Build a Happy Life, features the Harvard B ... Show More
34m 57s
Jan 2025
182. Stop Chasing Time and Start Owning It: Communication, Happiness & Wellbeing
<p><em>Clarify your purpose — and stop wasting time.</em></p><p>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 explore ... Show More
21 m
May 2025
Harvard Professor Reveals the Keys to Finding Happiness
✅ Help us make the show better by taking this short survey. In this episode, Ken Coleman sits down with Harvard professor and bestselling author Arthur Brooks. Find out the secret to unlocking your calling, seven things you can start doing immediately to live a happier life, and ... Show More
1h 7m
<p><strong>New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers.</strong></p> <p><strong>---</strong></p> <p>What if one of the keys to happiness is how intentional you are with your time?</p> <p><br /></p> <p>Ashle ... Show More
