Jake and Jonathan

69: You Don’t Always Have to Be Happy

Episode Summary

Jake & Jonathan go into deep topics in this one! 🍆 But before they do, Jonathan does a victory dance 💃 because he won a certain bet. 🤑 Then they dive into the deep stuff, talking about motivation, human nature, happiness, and how all of that affects work, whether it’s writing a book, running an agency, or doing sprints. ## **Links:** [**Book:** Stumbling on Happiness—Daniel Gilbert](https://www.amazon.com/Stumbling-Happiness-Daniel-Gilbert/dp/1400077427) [**Book:** The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom Paperback—Jonathan Haidt](https://www.amazon.com/Happiness-Hypothesis-Finding-Modern-Ancient/dp/0465028020) [**Book:** Man’s Search for Meaning—Viktor E. Frankl](https://www.amazon.com/Mans-Search-Meaning-Viktor-Frankl/dp/0807014273) [Buy Sprint!](https://www.thesprintbook.com/buy/) 📘🏃‍♀️ [Buy Make Time!](https://maketimebook.com/buy/) 📗⏰ [**AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint Masterclass**:](https://ajsmart.com/masterclass)[ajsmart.com/masterclass](https://ajsmart.com/masterclass) 🥇😯 ## **Your Hosts:** * Follow Jake Knapp on Twitter: [@jakek](https://twitter.com/jakek) * Follow Jonathan Courtney on Instagram or Twitter: [@jicecream](https://www.instagram.com/jicecream/) * Write into the podcast: [pbc@ajsmart.com](mailto:pbc@ajsmart.com) * Podcast editing by Jason Sanderson: [PodcastTech.com](https://PodcastTech.com) * Show notes by [@amrkhalifeh](https://www.instagram.com/amrkhalifeh/) * [Follow the podcast on Medium](https://medium.com/product-breakfast-club-links-unofficial)

Episode Notes

Jake & Jonathan go into deep topics in this one! 🍆 But before they do, Jonathan does a victory dance 💃 because he won a certain bet. 🤑 Then they dive into the deep stuff, talking about motivation, human nature, happiness, and how all of that affects work, whether it’s writing a book, running an agency, or doing sprints.

Links:

Book: Stumbling on Happiness—Daniel Gilbert

Book: The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom Paperback—Jonathan Haidt

Book: Man’s Search for Meaning—Viktor E. Frankl

Buy Sprint! 📘🏃‍♀️

Buy Make Time! 📗⏰

AJ&Smart + Jake Knapp Official Design Sprint Masterclass:ajsmart.com/masterclass 🥇😯

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