by Michael Rucker | Dec 23, 2021 | Thought Leader Interviews
Lee Huffman hosts the weekly ‘We Travel There with Lee Huffman’ podcast. His freelance work has been published on many popular websites, including Forbes, Investopedia, FinanceBuzz, NerdWallet, SlickDeals, and more, and he also maintains his own travel website at...
by Michael Rucker | Dec 23, 2021 | Thought Leader Interviews
Jedd Chang served in the Peace Corps from 2012 to 2014. After leaving the Peace Corps, Jedd and his wife, Michelle, became location-independent digital nomads. Since 2014, they have been running various businesses, including the travel blog Intentional Travelers,...
by Michael Rucker | Sep 30, 2021 | Live Life Love Newsletters
Last quarter, we discussed making some deliberate choices about how we spend our time before naturally settling back into old routines. It has been well-studied that the best time for significant change is during disruption, and I think we can all agree there’s never...
by Michael Rucker | Sep 30, 2021 | Thought Leader Interviews
Jill Vialet is a successful social entrepreneur who believes in the power of play to bring out the best in all of us. Jill founded her first nonprofit when she was only 23 and has been building successful organizations ever since. In 1996, she launched Playworks, a...
by Michael Rucker | Sep 30, 2021 | Thought Leader Interviews
Dr. Christian Ehrlich serves as a Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes Business School, focusing on Organisational Behaviour and Positive Psychology. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Kaiserslautern on work motivation. He’s the author of the book “Happiness...
by Michael Rucker | Jul 26, 2021 | Having Fun
In my work researching the science of fun, I have coined a new term: variable hedonics. In short, variable hedonics is a construct to encompass the corpus of science that indicates that variability is one of the primary levers we can play with to live happier lives....
by Michael Rucker | Jun 25, 2021 | Live Life Love Newsletters
It is with cautious optimism that we begin to watch the world reopen. However, I’m considerate that the term “reopening” has a wide breadth of realities right now, unique to your circumstance and preferences. And I’m empathetic that many of us...
by Michael Rucker | Jun 23, 2021 | Thought Leader Interviews
Dr. Tasha Eurich is an organizational psychologist, researcher, and New York Times bestselling author. As Principal of The Eurich Group, she uses science to help successful executives achieve dramatic personal and organizational change. Globally recognized as the top...
by Michael Rucker | Jun 23, 2021 | Thought Leader Interviews
Todd Kashdan is a psychologist, well-being researcher, and TEDx speaker. He leads the Well-Being Laboratory at George Mason University (where he’s also a professor) and conducts research on happiness, curiosity, mental agility, and resilience. He is also an...
by Michael Rucker | Mar 23, 2021 | Live Life Love Newsletters
There’s a lot to cover this quarter, so I’ll get right to it. There are two areas of my upcoming book, The Fun Habit, where I could really use your help. Question 1: What are your favorite ways to increase or decrease your arousal (i.e., the state of being...
