Tal Ben-Shahar is a bestselling author and lecturer. He taught two of the largest classes in Harvard University’s history, Positive Psychology and The Psychology of Leadership.
Today, Tal consults and lectures around the world to executives in multi-national corporations, the general public, and at-risk populations. The topics he lectures on include leadership, happiness, education, innovation, ethics, self-esteem, resilience, goal setting, and mindfulness. His books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages and have appeared on best-sellers lists around the world.
Tal is a serial entrepreneur and is most recently the co-founder and chief learning officer of Happiness Studies Academy.
- Happiness Studies Academy: https://www.happinessstudies.academy/
- Certificate in Happiness Studies: https://www.happinessstudies.academy/cihs/
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I have listened to about 20 episodes of the podcast so far, and this episode instantly became my favorite. Seriously considering signing up for the year-long course. Tal just has a way of explaining things in a detailed, yet simplistic way. I have heard many people recommend journaling, but nobody has explained exactly how to execute, or how it helps quite like Tal. I haven’t quite heard the West vs. East differentiation of happiness quite like Tal explained. I have never stopped and asked myself “why do I want that”, then determine whether the justification is filling or material. This episode quite literally changed my outlook on life in one hour.