creating new thinking FOR people to live a better life
philosopher and researcher of psychology
How to live a good life? How can leaders create conditions where employees thrive? How do we build societies that serve humanity?
Frank Martela, PhD, is a philosopher and researcher of psychology working as an assistant professor at Aalto University, Finland, dedicated to finding better answers to these questions.
He is an internationally recognized expert on motivation, well-being, and sense of meaningfulness and how leaders, organizations, and nations can support them. He has also become the leading expert on why Finland and other Nordic countries are so happy.
Frank is on a mission to investigate the fundamentals of the human condition and good life to deliver insights that can help each of us to live a slightly better and more self-chosen life.
Frank’s work and expertise has been featured in
Keynote speaking
Frank is a popular speaker who has spoken in over 100 different organizations ranging from multi-national corporations to ministries. He has also adviced several executive teams on how to build organizations that support the inner motivation and engagement of the employees.
His key topics of expertise include leading motivation and engagement, Nordic minimalist leadership, how to live a meaningful life, and the well-being of nations.
Stop Chasing Happiness
By Frank Martela
The secret to happiness? Stop trying to find it – it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
Finding happiness is less about learning new tricks and more about unlearning ways of thinking holding you back: Stop chasing happiness, stop obsessing over what others think, stop caring too much about how you feel, stop making sacrifices for personal success.
A Wonderful Life
By Frank Martela
For as long as humankind has existed, we’ve pondered the meaning, purpose, and ultimate worth of our lives, and how to actually live this unique life of ours. In these pages, scholar and philosopher Frank Martela provides a unique perspective – in a series of soulful and thought-provoking essays – that explores what brings significance to our existence as well as why we are dissatisfied with the present and have a continual yearning for something beyond where we are right now.
Published articles
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“Research has shown that those most desperately seeking happiness tend to be less happy. So, if true happiness is best achieved indirectly that is something Finnish people excel at.”
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The outsized benefits of minimized leadership
“While minimalist leadership may feel counterintuitive and uncomfortable, those who dare to practice it will gain an edge in industries requiring engaged and innovative employees.
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“To live a meaningful life, make sure you are in touch with yourself—that you are living a life endorsed by yourself, not a life aiming at pleasing others. If you don’t follow your own dreams, you are most probably following values set by others.”
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