636: William Von Hippel - Why We Need Both Autonomy and Connection to Find Happiness (The Social Paradox)

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Go to learningleader.com for all show notes. Now on to tonight's featured leader, William Von Hippel. Grew up in Alaska, got his undergraduate degree at Yale, and his PhD at the University of Michigan, and taught for a dozen years at Ohio State University before finding his way to Australia, where he is a professor of psychology at the University of Queensland. He's also the author of multiple books. including the social paradox, autonomy, connection, and why we need both to find happiness during our conversation we discuss why people who have comfortable lives full of abundance and freedom are still unhappy and what we can do to change that.

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