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A short course on happiness

47,505 views | Raj Raghunathan • TED Talks India

What's the secret to happiness: to have more control, or to see what googly life throws at you and take it as it comes? Professor Raj Raghunathan shares his unusual perspective on happiness, starting with a story about the man who got everything he wanted. Shah Rukh Khan joins him onstage to share his own perspective on a happy life.

What's the secret to happiness: to have more control, or to see what googly life throws at you and take it as it comes? Professor Raj Raghunathan shares his unusual perspective on happiness, starting with a story about the man who got everything he wanted. Shah Rukh Khan joins him onstage to share his own perspective on a happy life.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference.

About the speaker

Raj Raghunathan

Raj Raghunathan

Happiness researcher, author

Raj Raghunathan a professor of marketing at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. He has a PhD from Stern School of Business, New York University and a BE in Chemical Engineering from BITS Pilani. His key areas of research are happiness maximization and consumer well-being, decision making and hedonic and utilitarian consumption.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference.