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According to TF Jeffrey M. Perrotti—his demeanor sunny, and his utterances consistently steeped in excitement and hope—that’s part of why he loves working with Ben-Shahar...
During last Thursday’s lecture, Ben-Shahar spent about thirty seconds showing a video clip of a toddler giggling in order to demonstrate the contagious qualities of laughter. He spent another thirty seconds showing it again (“Too much, too much. I’ll post the URL.”). The week before, he played excerpts from “Seinfeld” and “Will and Grace...
...Ben-Shahar, on the other hand, wants his class to be practical. Students around here should be happier, he says, and they should get more rest. He even wants Harvard to build a “happiness center,” a place on campus that would “help students identify what gives them bliss” and “help them find a sense of meaning in life.” Failing that, 1504 will be a place-holder...
...over the course of the next semester, Ben-Shahar will lecture from the Sanders stage four times a week—twice for Positive Psychology, twice for the Psychology of Leadership—and he will teach his students that “happiness is and ought to be the ultimate end.” He’ll do it for as long as he can—because he’s a lecturer and not a research professor on the tenure track, he may only be allowed to teach here for one more year after he returns...
...wants the same for his students, and in his opinion, Ben-Shahar is the best man to make it happen...