Assistant Professors: Live With As Much Joy As You Possibly Can

R3ciprocity.com - Prof David Maslach: Innovation; Research Life; Striving Towards Happiness · Oct 28, 2025 · 9m

Hey assistant professors that are just starting out. I just wanna remind you to live with as much joy as you possibly can. It is very easy to focus on what you need to get to and be very strategic in terms of who you are going to work with, but the key thing to always focus on is joy. Make sure that you are smiling every day. Make sure you have some laughter every single day. Look for those moments that make you feel warm inside. This is what I call the Spidey sense — the warmness you feel once you start engaging and you start doing things in life.

Take a step back from the things that make…