This episode features David Scobey, Professor of History at the New School for Social Research in New York City. David discusses the importance of questioning what success means and how his students define it, and shares his thoughts on the changing landscape of higher education.
The speaker shares their experience of investing in themselves to complete their college education and emphasizes the importance of building confidence. They also discuss how drugs can impact self-esteem and confidence.
The speaker emphasizes the importance of living a significant life rather than just being successful, which is usually focused on self-success and monetary implications, and may cause one to miss out on impact. He implores people to strive towards significance to have a greater impact on the world, corporation or occupation, which will also bring success.
A man is asked to list his top 100 accomplishments in life and is surprised when the people who asked notice that most people focus on materialistic or job-related items, while he listed being happy as his proudest accomplishment.
This podcast examines what truly makes people happy, pointing out that it is typically things like family and friends. They discuss famous quotes from the Dalai Lama and others, exploring why people often value career success over other sources of happiness.