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Coursera: Course Spotlight: A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment
Course Spotlight Series: A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment starts on June 15, led by Professor Rajagopal (Raj) Raghunathan. This article, based on an interview with the instructor, was written by Charlie Chung of Class Central. Prof. Raghunathan studies the science of happiness and is a visiting faculty member at the Indian School of Business and writes a blog column for Psychology Today. He notes that while we all want to achieve happiness, we often pursue other things that don’t lead to it. He also notes the ‘Three Pillars of Happiness’ we should focus on: Pursue meaningful work – Try to spend your energy in ways that are meaningful to you, at work or at home. From a career standpoint, Raghunathan recommends making passion a criterion for choosing your work: “you spend so much time at work you might as well make that a meaningful thing that you are doing in your life”. Perhaps this is not feasible for everyone at every point in th…