I was fortunate to virtually attend a presentation by Laurie Santos of Yale hosted by First Republic bank today. My main takeaways that in order to be happier one needs to: – actively express gratitude – value free time over more money (although this works only over certain threshold) – practice mindfulness Apparently, there is a free course on the science of happiness at Coursera that has 33 million views!
Author: Art Baker
Art Baker is a corporate development and finance professional. In his prior roles, he was responsible for launching new business lines such as Maven and GIG car share, developing autonomous car strategy at AAA and leading financial evaluation of new products at OnStar. Art was an investment banker at RBC Capital Markets from 2006 to 2013. Art’s areas of expertise include strategy, M&A, operational finance, budgeting, forecasting, capital markets, negotiations and new business development. He is an active member of professional community as he teaches at Investment Banking Institute and served the board of Financial Executives International. Art possesses a Bachelor of Science in Business from Oklahoma City University, an Ph.D. Degree in Economics from Moscow State University, Russia, and an MBA from the University of Toronto, Canada. He passed all three levels of the CFA Program.