69: You Don’t Always Have to Be Happy

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)

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Jake and Jonathan (formally Product Breakfast Club) is a behind the scenes look at how some of the best companies in the world design their products. Jake Knapp, NY Times best-selling author of "Sprint", has helped companies like Slack, Nest and 23andMe build successful products. Jonathan Courtney, co-founder of AJ&Smart, has worked with companies like RedBull, eBay and the United Nations, to help them build better products faster. In this new, exciting podcast, the two of them have teamed up to discuss things like product design, innovation and productivity.