617: The Power of Wonder with Monica Parker
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Lucas Rockwood
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Finland has been dubbed the happiest country in the world, but in reality Finns are content, not overwhelmed with joy. They have a high GDP per capita, good healthcare, low corruption, and a decent amount of personal freedom - all great things, but not necessarily a recipe for joy and happiness.
Most people claim their biggest aspiration in life is to find happiness. This is a beautiful sentiment, and while we all love positive emotions like joy, laughter, celebration, adventure, and curiosity; these only exist because they are juxtaposed with negative and challenging experiences.
My guest on this week’s podcast suggests that rather than look toward happiness for a more fulfilled life, we should focus more on wonder.
Listen and learn:
- How nature promotes wonder
- The difference between superficial vs. epistemic curiosity
- The tyrannical pursuit of happiness
- Trait openness and its role in wonder
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ABOUT OUR GUESTS
Monica Parker is a speaker, writer, and authority on the future of work. She is the author of the book, The Power of Wonder, and founder of HATCH, an organization that helps companies with culture change and workplace strategy.
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| 0:00.0 | Will you describe your life right now as happy? |
| 0:05.0 | Finland has been dubbed the happiest country in the world so you might assume that they're |
| 0:09.8 | overwhelmed with |
| 0:13.7 | immigration requests. But no, the truth is that the fins are content. It's not that they're |
| 0:15.4 | overwhelmed with joy. They have a high GDP per capita, good health care, low |
| 0:20.5 | corruption, decent amount of personal freedom. |
| 0:23.4 | These are all great things, but it's not exactly a fun way to describe a Friday night. |
| 0:28.1 | It isn't what comes to mind when you think of joy or happiness. |
| 0:32.2 | Many people claim that their biggest aspiration in life is to |
| 0:35.1 | find happiness. It's a beautiful thing to say. We all love positive emotion, |
| 0:39.1 | but unfortunately positive emotions, they really only exist juxtaposed with negative emotions and challenging experiences. |
| 0:47.0 | My guest on this week's podcast suggests that focusing on wonder rather than the frivolous pursuit of happiness might make a lot more sense. |
| 0:56.4 | If you're new here, it's the Lucas Rockwood show. |
| 0:58.1 | I'm a yoga teacher and trainer. |
| 0:59.5 | I'm a serial entrepreneur. |
| 1:00.6 | I'm the father of three kids. |
| 1:02.1 | Firstly, I'm a student. I use this podcast to research and share information about health span, |
| 1:07.8 | how to live your best life in the second half specifically. |
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