The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos Why You Should Take a Few Months Off Work (Live from SXSW)

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Sometimes a two-week vacation just isn’t enough – we all might need to leave our jobs for three months, six months or even a year. Taking an extended break can be great for our wellbeing – allowing us to recharge our batteries and reassess our priorities.

But for most of us taking a sabbatical feels impossible – so live at SXSW Dr Laurie asked the advice of sabbaticals expert DJ DiDonna. DJ teaches at Harvard Business School and founded The Sabbatical Project – but in a past life he established a hectic start-up and eventually found he was badly in need of an extended career break.

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Dr. Laurie Santos

Dr. Laurie Santos is Professor of Psychology and Head of Silliman College at Yale University. Professor and podcast host Dr. Laurie Santos is an expert on human cognition and the…