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Is there enough time in the day to be truly happy? Yes, but you have to plan for it

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Cassie Holmes

How often have you heard an interesting speaker — or heard about them after the fact — and wished you had a chance to hear more?

That’s why we’ve launched our new podcast Rotman Visiting Experts: candid conversations with some of the leading experts and expert leaders featured in our acclaimed speaker series at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management

Leadership strategy. Economic disruption. Innovative technology. Climate action. Building healthy communities. Politics and social change. We’re exploring issues that matter — with people who understand the nuances, and whose research insights and creative thinking inspire fresh perspectives and new solutions.

In our first episode author and UCLA professor Cassie Holmes joins host Brett Hendrie to talk about the role time plays in our understanding of happiness and fulfilment. She shares tips and tricks on how to schedule your life to maximize that happiness, how to reframe your point of view to gain time “affluence,” and how to change the way you think about your day to make the most of the limited time we all have left.

Join us next month as Hendrie chats with Dr. Tina Opie about shared sisterhood, and the role we all play in creating an intersectional and welcoming workplace.

New episodes of Rotman Visiting Experts are released monthly on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts. Desktop listeners can also tune in on Simplecast.

Would you rather read than listen in? Check out the full transcript of the episode here.


Cassie Holmes, PhD, is a professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and author of the new book, Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time & Focus on What Matters.