Raj Raghunathan, author of “If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy?”. In this episode he tells us why "Small changes have big effects", how to "Be discerning, not judgmental" and shares the "Single most important thing to enhance your happiness". Hosted by Duff Watkins.

Raj Raghunathan, author of “If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy?”  is currently professor of marketing at the University of Texas School of Business. Raj’s work juxtaposes theories from psychology, behavioural sciences, decision theory and marketing to document and explain interrelationships between affect and consumption behaviour,

His work has been published in top marketing and psychology journals.

He says, “I believe that I am one of the few people who can serve as a conduit between the scientific community and the masses in addressing such big issues as: what are the factors that determine life-satisfaction and happiness?”

Lesson 1: Small changes have big effects. 03m 36s

Lesson 2: science and spirituality go together. 06m 12s

Lesson 3: We can’t all do great things, but we can all do small things with great love. 14m 10s

Lesson 4: Nurture trust in life. 17m 16s

Lesson 5: The big difference between mind attention and bare attention. 23m 35s

Lesson 6: You can’t be happy without a healthy lifestyle. 31m 18s

Lesson 7: Single most important thing to enhance your happiness is… 34m 35s

Lesson 8: Be discerning, not judgmental. 40m 14s

Lesson 9: The 5:1 ratio for feedback. 44m 14s

Lesson 10: Happiness is functional. 50m50s