Once we achieve financial security, after the promotion, if we just get the manuscript published, if only we win the prize - then we’ll be content, because we will have received the recognition for which we’re pining. But as we hear in The Happiness Lab’s The Silver Lining, when external recognition finally comes, it often leaves us hollow inside. Are we better off not trying? Joining host Leon Wiener Dow for The Context segment is Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback, Senior Rabbi at Stephen S. Wise Temple in Los Angeles and for The Hypertext segment is Sheri Geller, Co-Director of College Counseling at Gann Academy in Boston.
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