Emily Esfahani Smith on Living a Meaningful Life
Learn concrete strategies for finding meaning and pursuing a life that matters
Emily Esfahani Smith on Living a Meaningful Life
Learn How To
Turn everyday interactions into meaningful connections
Take practical steps to feel connected to something bigger than yourself
Assemble your life experiences into a coherent narrative
Build a culture of meaning in your workplace, organization, or home
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Course Syllabus
Introduction to Building a Meaningful Life
Video: Welcome to the Course
Video: Introduce Yourself to the Course Community
Video: What is Meaning?
Video: The Difference Between a Meaningful Life and a Happy Life
Video: The Crisis of meaning
Video: The 4 Pillars of Meaning
Exercise: Take the Quiz: What’s Your Pillar of Meaning?
Belonging
Video: What is Belonging?
Video: The Importance of High-Quality Connections
Video: How to Build Belonging in Your Own Life
Exercise: Build Your Sense of Belonging
Purpose
Video: What is Purpose?
Video: How to Uncover Your Purpose
Video: A Practical Question to Find Purpose
Exercise: Small Purpose to Larger Purpose
Video: How to Find Your Purpose at Work
Exercise: Service Mindset
Exercise: Take the Via Character Strengths Finder
Storytelling
Video: What is Storytelling?
Video: Redemptive Stories and Contamination Stories
Video: How Stories Shape Us
Video: How to Practice Storytelling
Exercise: Life Map
Exercise: Counter-Factual Thinking for Good
Transcendence
Video: What is Transcendence?
Video: How You Can Tap into Transcendence
Exercise: Micro-Ways to Become Part of Something Better
Build a Culture of Meaning
Video: What are Cultures of Meaning
Video: How to Build a Culture of Meaning
Exercise: Tangible Traces of a Culture of Meaning
Video: How to Foster a Meaning Mindset
"Inspiring course! I would recommend it to any entrepreneur to examine their way they run their business.”
Andrea
Course Description
About
the Instructor
Emily Esfahani Smith
Author of The Power of Meaning, instructor in positive psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, columnist for The New Criterion, and editor at the Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
About
the Instructor
Emily Esfahani Smith
Author of The Power of Meaning, instructor in positive psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, columnist for The New Criterion, and editor at the Stanford University's Hoover Institution.
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