One guarantee of happiness that most experts, regardless of belief system, agree on is rooted in the act of being kind to others. So, this week on Sero Boost: The Happiness Science Insights Podcast, host Lu Ngo chats with assistant professor of management Hayley Blunden, Ph.D., to learn more about how a scarcity of kindness affects happiness.

Spanning the domains of advice, feedback, voice, and virtual work, Hayley Blunden's research focuses on how leaders can make challenging workplace interactions more productive. Seeking to improve the outcomes of workplace, her research has graced the pages of Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and has been featured by Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, The Economist, CNBC, and Forbes.

In this episode, Hayley Blunden reveals her notion of what happiness and kindness mean, and addresses common misconceptions about happiness. On top of that, she reveals reasons as to why some people neglect kindness in their daily interactions.

Together, Lu and Hayley Blunden discuss how kindness has often been considered a weakness, and ways to continue exercising kindness in our daily lives, especially in particularly self-centered environments. So, tune in to this episode for an incredibly self-reflective conversation and enlightening expert insights that are sure to boost your spirits!

Follow Hayley Blunden, Ph.D.’s work on: Website: https://www.hayleyblunden.com/

Connect with Hayley Blunden, Ph.D. via: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayley-blunden-a6bb22a

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