Happiness - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Feb 2020
News

From Das’s Desk

life) and Neil Pasricha (MBA 2007) (on the happiness equation), as well as The Reflective Leader, an exclusive HBS alumni lifelong learning program welcoming its third cohort this month. And at the reunions, it is evidenced by section and... View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas

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Ryan Kauppila

nights now foreign to most Americans. Complaining, however, interfered with the day's work; a happy face and a cheerful tune were the only options. I want to tackle life wearing Grandma's perpetual smile. I will always appreciate a good... View Details

06 Apr 2017
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From Lobster Traps to Border Fencing

employs 185 people and has openings for another 35. "Adding people might be a challenge,” Knott said, “but our plant pays a good wage and people, I think, are fairly happy here." Editor's note: Jim Knott Sr. passed away in August 2018.... View Details

Keywords: Donald Trump; homeland security; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

29 Jan 2021
Blog Post

My HBS Student Loan Story: John Cortines (MBA 2015)

likely would have been eligible for another couple of years of LRAP funding, but we were really grateful for how much the LRAP funding had already helped us and were happy to knock out our debt and let other future students enjoy the... View Details

01 May 2017
Blog Post

Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone at HBS

community with others in my section. By design, the emphasis on the section experience forced me outside of my comfort zone. And I’m so happy it did. Being the Student Association Co-President has been my most rewarding experience... View Details

22 Mar 2017
Blog Post

3 Lessons I Learned as a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow

involved in social enterprise at HBS, and it has strongly influenced how I’m looking at different post-MBA options. From choices about work-life tradeoffs, to reading habits, to views on what makes a healthy lifestyle, the values of our colleagues can have a lasting... View Details

25 Jun 2018
News

An Unfinished Story

immigration stories? We just asked. Most people were very willing to tell their family stories. Of course, not all of them are happy stories. It was more difficult to get the stories of African Americans, because many of their relatives... View Details

Keywords: April White

26 May 2016
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Alan F. Horn, MBA 1971

the most popular television shows ever. He then joined Warner Bros., greenlighting film projects that included three Batman films, Happy Feet, and one of Hollywood’s biggest sensations, the Harry Potter series. “If one just puts his head... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

04 Nov 2014
News

Fundación México en Harvard Celebrates 25 Years

financial reasons,” says Ortiz-Monasterio. “To put it in Hollywood terms, one could say this is a happy ending. But it is not an ending. We’re just through our first 25 years!” View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Apr 2001
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Adventure in China

Can a small-town girl from the boondocks of China discover happiness in the international adventure-travel industry? Consider the tale of Zhang Mei (MBA 1996), “the daughter of a humble electrician” from one of the remotest and poorest... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services

01 Oct 2002
News

What's Cookin'

Tropical's Nick Castaldo: “When you see employees who take pride in what they're doing and long lines of happy customers, it's terrifically satisfying.” Nick Castaldo is CEO of Miami-based Pollo Tropical, a chain of 54 quick-service... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia

Portrait Project

Sue Yang

lifelong friendships, welcoming communities, and new career possibilities. They also found an abundance of resources to enrich my childhood on little means – I grew up a young and happy denizen of its public museums, libraries, and... View Details

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Antonio Rocha

Until January of 2010, I was following the script. I graduated from university, got a good job, moved to a bigger city, got married. However, I could feel that I was not as happy as I wanted. Three months later, I was accepted to Harvard... View Details

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Jean Hayden

my "formal" career will progress, but I know that happiness comes when you work towards something you believe to be meaningful and important. I care deeply about economic development, building communities and educating others,... View Details

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Alison Fournier

for who I am rather than loved for who I am not. I will continue to love completely knowing that I will lose. And with me, I will carry Dad's promise that there is always a way to make things work and his simple advice to find happiness... View Details

01 Jan 2002
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Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)

happiness and peace.' Then I realized that happiness and peace came from knowing that whatever problem is brought to me, I-or someone in the company-can solve it." Whether meeting with scientists in a... View Details

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Okan Okutgen

students. Okan has personal interest in environmental sustainability and angel investing as well and is happy to share his experiences with students and alumni discovering these paths. Finally as a parent in a dual career household with a... View Details

01 Mar 2011
News

Decision Points

say we didn’t have one.” His book is not intended to change people’s minds, Bush observed; rather, “I’m trying to give modern-day readers and future readers a context for my administration.” After promoting the book, he will be happy to... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

12 Sep 2016
Blog Post

An Interview with Corporate Relations Director, Jonathan Shepherd

alumni. I spend a large part of my time in one-to-one coaching appointments. While the conversations often revolve around the finance and real estate industries, I’m happy to speak with any student or alumnus about anything. Conversations... View Details

Portrait Project

Gad Caspy

friends who will tell me when I am full of myself and yet will drop everything when I need them. I want to have a warm family who will love me regardless of my faults and will allow me to be supportive of those whom I love. An important part of being View Details

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