97: Cassie Holmes, Ph.D. — How to Live a Happier Life

<p>Download this <a href= "https://landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/e8d2p7" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">free 12-page PDF</a> to get 12 key ideas to make you a better leader today.  </p> <p class="sqsrte-small"><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassiemholmes/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span class= "sqsrte-text-color--darkAccent"><strong>Cassie Mogilner Holmes</strong></span></a> is a Professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. Cassie is an expert on time and happiness. Her research examines such questions as how focusing on time (rather than money) increases happiness, how the meaning of happiness changes over the course of one’s lifetime, and how much happiness people enjoy from extraordinary versus ordinary experiences. Across these inquiries, her findings highlight the joy that stems from interpersonal connection and paying attention to the present moment.</p> <p class="sqsrte-small">Cassie’s academic research on the role of time in cultivating well-being has been published in leading academic journals, including <em>Psychological Science</em>, the <em>Journal of Personality and Social Psychology</em>, and the <em>Journal of Consumer Research,</em> and earned her the Early Career Award from both the Association of Consumer Research and the Society of Consumer Psychology. Cassie was identified by <em>Poets & Quants</em> as one of the best 40 business professors under 40, and popular accounts of her research have been featured on NPR and in such publications as <em>The Economist</em>, <em>The New York Times</em>, <em>The Wall Street Journal</em>, the <em>Financial Times</em>, and <em>Scientific American</em>. </p> <p class="sqsrte-small">Professor Cassie Holmes is the author of <a href="https://www.cassiemholmes.com/happierhour"><em>Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most</em></a>, which is based on her wildly popular MBA course, <a href= "https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/news-and-events/if-you-want-to-be-happy-for-the-rest-of-your-life-opt