The Happiness Hustle

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben share why health is an important topic for each of them and how pursuing health as a goal can be a great contributor to your future as a happiness hustler. This is the first episode of the health series to kick off the new year!

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben contemplate introducing more risk into their lives before it's too late to do so. People have a tendency to grow more timid as time goes on, making excuses as to cover up the truth of why ideas or desires were never pursued. The happiness hustle duo set out in 2022 to fix this issue.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben break down discipline and the mindset that discipline brings to many scenarios. Both hustlers share the stress and implications that discipline brings and how they benefit or are damaged from a more disciplined lifestyle. Generations of people look at discipline differently but it doesn't have to always be associated to overly negative or positive themes if we...

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben take a firm look at the road traveled in 2021 and talk about tough moments, perceptions then and now, favorite moments and much more.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben relive old lessons from past episodes of the happiness hustle podcast. There are 12 golden rules of being a happiness hustler to keep in mind and this episode discusses each and every one in great detail as a reminder to all that anyone can hustle happily. 

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben talk about the states of appreciation in a world where being content is not the accepted norm. Are you content with the things you have in your life? Are you guilty of comparing your life to anothers then feeling jealousy? We should all appreciate what we have and what we have earned for ourselves rather than seeking what we do not have. 

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben explore the act of caring as it is a powerful social tool many utilize for the betterment of ourselves and those around us but as many of us know, caring isn't a course offered in high school or university so what do we do with it in consideration of our hustles?

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben break down the concept and benefits of giving as it relates to our daily hustles and personal development. Who are we when we give back versus when we don't give back? 

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben discuss the importance of taking time off, the conundrum of working to achieve freedom for ourselves and how this might bring trouble to your happiness hustle.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben carefully analyze the perspectives that come with consumerism drawing from their personal backgrounds and opinions as consumers and happiness hustlers. 

Send us Fan Mail This is by no means a new topic but it may be a new concept for those of you who are value driven, seek to be more efficient in your lifestyle or wonder if there are better ideals to live by than what you are used to in order to assist in your happiness hustles. Mike & Ben dissect what minimalism is and how it could serve to better our lives, improve our daily rhythms and furt...

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben provide a quick check in on their daily hustles after a few turbulent weeks. They discuss how things have been going with the podcast and what improvement they hope to make in the future to adjust the direction of the show. 

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben discover what higher education means to their happiness hustles and discuss reasons why one might choose to pursue or decline further forms of formal education in their lives amongst the hustle.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben take a deep dive into time to break down the role it plays in our daily hustles and the impact our perspectives have on the way we spend our time. 

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben reflect on their own busy season and what impact busy seasons have on our hustles overall. Is it always a bad thing to be in a busy season? Can they or should they be avoided? Find out together with the Happiness Hustle Podcast. 

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben finally tackle company culture by diving into examples of unhealthy systems and talking through principles for building a healthy culture at work.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben discuss the epidemic of hypocritical leadership at work, how to identify it, and what steps you can take to actively combat it in order to build healthy company cultures.

Send us Fan Mail As we progress into the guest series, we just wanted to take a quick break and touch base to let you know how the latest episodes have been going for us and the impact our own guests have had on us as the hosts of the podcast. In the same way that you are hearing stories from these great people for the first time, it's very much the same experience for us as well. Our podcast...

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben welcome Jakob Haymond, who graciously shares his life story as a scrappy problem solving entrepreneur, who just so happens to be Ben's long time friend as well. As you'll hear during this episode, Jakob talks about an assessment he takes early on in his career to better define the type of gifts he has to offer as an individual and it allows him to better u...

Send us Fan Mail On this special bonus episode, Mike & Ben listen to a voice message from a Happiness Hustle listener and respond. This is a sneak peek into what our patrons get every Monday in the exclusive Monday Motivational episodes on Patreon!

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben welcome Jon to the show where he shares the many ups and downs that life has brought him and how he's overcome these challenges with perseverance.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben welcome Arielle to the show as we learn about the balance between marriage, work, and life.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben celebrate the 30th episode of the Happiness Hustle by looking back on the progress of the podcast thus far.

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben compare two very similar ideas: having a support network vs. networking. Do you know the difference and the important of having one or the other? 

Send us Fan Mail Mike & Ben share personal stories of moments in their career when career burnout reared its ugly head and more importantly, how it made them feel.