Do Happy Work

Hosted by Olivier Egli

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156

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Aug 2026

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In the Do Happy Work Podcast, we explore how universal and natural concepts can be applied in leadership and transform the way we view and do work with one goal: To build happy businesses that express who we truly are.

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September 30, 202616 min

The formula for Happy Work

In this episode of Do Happy Work , I explore the idea that we may be looking at work—and life—through far too small a lens. I use the analogy of a sandbox and a mathematical bracket to question our constant drive to accumulate more: more money, achievements, degrees, possessions, connections, and professional success. We keep trying to fill the space, believing that more will eventually bring us meaning and fulfillment. But what if the real value isn’t in what we put inside the sandbox, but in the context surrounding it ? I talk about the importance of zooming out and looking at the consciousness and intention we bring to our work. When we approach life from competition, scarcity, and the need to extract, everything inside the bracket is affected. But when we approach it from peace, presence, generosity, and flow, everything changes. This episode is an invitation to step back and examine the perspective you bring into your work every day—and to ask yourself: Am I flowing with what is, or am I simply trying to put more things into the box? Because happy work may begin not with what we achieve, but with the consciousness we bring to everything we do. Text us! We'd love to hear your thoughts. Follow on Linkedin: Olivier Egli

September 18, 20268 min

Don't become a commodity

What does air travel teach us about happy work? In this episode of the Do Happy Work Podcast, Olivier explores why businesses lose their meaning when they become commodities. He argues that a meaningful “why” doesn’t come from the marketplace—it comes from personal truth, curiosity, and the desire to create value that genuinely serves human needs. Using the airline industry as an example, Olivier explains how transactional work creates poor customer experiences and why businesses and professionals need to move beyond commodification to build work that is natural, purposeful, sustainable, and truly valuable. Text us! We'd love to hear your thoughts. Follow on Linkedin: Olivier Egli

September 3, 202616 min

You’re Not Supposed to Work for Free

We’re taught to see money as transactional, even when our work is deeply meaningful. But what if getting paid isn’t taking from the relationship — it’s what allows the value to keep flowing? This episode was first published earlier this year. In it, I explore why we struggle to receive money, the connection between self-worth and payment, and how a more natural, cyclical relationship between giving and receiving can change the way we think about work. Text us! We'd love to hear your thoughts. Follow on Linkedin: Olivier Egli

August 19, 202614 min

What is keeping you small?

What if the way you have learned to think, solve problems, work and build and run businesses is keeping you small? Linear thinking is the popular way that we apply to everything, but as it turns out, it’s neither natural, nor beneficial to the creation of value and our Happy Work. Thinking and acting along straight lines is the prison we have normalized. If we want to do work and build businesses that reflect who we are and fulfill us, we need to transcend our antiquated form of thinking in favor of another, magical one. Text us! We'd love to hear your thoughts. Follow on Linkedin: Olivier Egli

August 6, 202612 min

Capitalism Isn't the Problem

Is capitalism really the problem, or is it how we've been taught to practice it? In this episode, we break down the difference between transactional capitalism (working to take, to own, to amass) and transformational capitalism (working to give, to create real value, to serve). We'll explore the "threshold" concept, the point where your basic needs are met and your work should shift from survival mode into purpose-driven contribution, and why most of us keep pushing that threshold further away out of fear and conditioning. This isn't an anti-money conversation. It's an invitation to ask yourself one honest question: have you already crossed the line into "enough," and are you still working like you haven't? Tune in for a grounded, no-BS look at redefining what work is for. Text us! We'd love to hear your thoughts. Follow on Linkedin: Olivier Egli

July 22, 202614 min

Why Criticism Is Your Greatest Growth Tool

Criticism is uncomfortable, but it can be one of the fastest ways to grow. In this episode, we explore how your reactions to criticism reveal valuable insights about yourself and your work, and why the most successful entrepreneurs don't avoid criticism, they use it to improve, adapt, and keep moving forward. Text us! We'd love to hear your thoughts. Follow on Linkedin: Olivier Egli

July 2, 202611 min

Money does not equal value

What if everything you've been taught about value is wrong? For most of my career, I measured the worth of my work in revenue, returns, and results. Until I realized that even when the numbers checked out — something was still missing. After 12 years of studying human work and what makes it truly meaningful, I arrived at a simple but radical conclusion: real value was never about money. It was always about peace. The people who create lasting, genuinely valuable work aren't the ones chasing market trends or solving problems they found in a boardroom. They're the ones who looked inward — at their deepest gifts and their deepest needs — and had the courage to bring both into the world at once. In this episode, I want to challenge the way you think about value entirely. Because for too long, we've outsourced that answer to marketplaces, industries, and financial returns — when the truth is, everything you need to understand about the value you're here to create has been inside you all along. This one is for anyone who has built something that looks successful on paper but still feels like something is missing. And for anyone still searching for what they're truly here to give. 🎙️ Do Happy Work — a new way to think about the work you were meant to do. Text us! We'd love to hear your thoughts. Follow on Linkedin: Olivier Egli

June 11, 202614 min

Bad days: how to handle them and not give up

Bad days don't mean something is wrong with you. They mean you're human. In this listener Q&A episode, Vira brings Olivier a question we've all lived through " how do you handle the days when you want to give up, question everything, and wonder why you even started?" Olivier's answer might surprise you. Instead of offering a productivity hack or a motivational pep talk, he invites us to stop calling them bad days altogether. Drawing on the rhythms of nature — seasons, night and day, light and dark — he makes the case that our darker, slower days aren't obstacles to good work. They're actually where creativity is born, where the real questions surface, and where we quietly gather everything we need for the brighter days ahead. A short but deeply grounding episode for anyone who has ever felt guilty for not being "on" and needed a reminder that rest, doubt, and stillness are not the enemy of meaningful work. They are part of it. "It's not a bad day. It's a dark day. And darkness has always been where the best things grow." Text us! We'd love to hear your thoughts. Follow on Linkedin: Olivier Egli

May 28, 202617 min

A Game Boy, a Dream, and the Work She Was Born to Do

In this episode of Do Happy Work, I sit down with Viri Ponce — Latina financial advisor, mother, and passionate advocate for helping Latinas build financial independence beyond the limits of culture and traditional expectations. Viri's story begins with a simple but telling childhood goal: earning enough money to buy herself a Game Boy — without asking her parents for a single penny. What started as a curious love of numbers and problem-solving grew into something much deeper, rooted in the realities of immigrant working families and the financial insecurity she witnessed firsthand growing up. Today, she channels those early lessons into a mission — helping other Latinas create security, confidence, and freedom entirely on their own terms. Together, we explore childhood dreams, the power of lived experience, and what it truly means to turn what comes naturally to you into work that is meaningful, personal, and genuinely valuable to others. Get in touch with Viri: www.vpconsultingsf.com Text us! We'd love to hear your thoughts. Follow on Linkedin: Olivier Egli

May 13, 20269 min

Building an AI-safe business without rejecting AI.

Are you finding your place in a world of AI or finding a place for AI in a world of humans? That one question changes everything. In this episode of the Do Happy Work Podcast, Olivier challenges the fear-driven mindset pulling professionals toward two dangerous extremes: blind adoption or total rejection of AI. Neither leads to meaningful work. The real threat isn't artificial intelligence it's what happens when we start outsourcing our humanity to it. When we optimize ourselves out of our own work. When we become the extension of AI, instead of the other way around. Olivier makes the case that the most valuable businesses of the future won't be the most automated, they'll be the most humanely relevant . Built on consciousness, intuition, lived experience, and the courage to know yourself deeply enough to let that be the foundation of everything you create. If you're a leader, entrepreneur, or creative navigating the AI era, this episode is your grounding reminder: your humanity is not an obstacle. It's your greatest asset. 🎙️ Do Happy Work: redefining work through self-awareness, purpose, and human-centered leadership. Text us! We'd love to hear your thoughts. Follow on Linkedin: Olivier Egli