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b'The Nitty Gritty\\n\\n* What prompted Carlos to shut down a thriving digital agency to start The Happy Startup School\\n* What happiness as a business model looks like \\u2014 and how Carlos teaches that model to others\\n* Why Carlos includes an application process for his in-person events, plus the four main elements he always follows to produce a great event\\n* How Carlos and his business partner Lawrence turned an idea for in-person conversations in unique places around the world into their retreat, Alptitude\\n\\nCarlos Saba is an agency owner turned community builder \\u2014 and his focus? Happiness. Through his work with The Happy Startup School and his retreat, Alptitude, Carlos is sparking conversations around building a life and business rich in purpose.\\nIn this episode of What Works, Carlos digs into why he left agency life behind, the importance of starting conversations with like-minded people, giving yourself space to think up new ideas, and how to turn a dream into reality.\\nWe release new episodes of What Works every week. Subscribe on iTunes so you never miss an episode.\\nMaking a case for the lazy approach to business\\n\\u201cSome people are built in a certain way that they can just chase that thing and they make a success out of it through brute force. What we\\u2019re much more about is the lazy approach to business: how can we do things a bit more effortlessly? How can we actually tune into what we want to do and what we get energy from, and where we find flow \\u2014 and overlap that with a way of making money and a way of sustaining ourselves and making a business?\\u201d \\u2014 Carlos Saba\\nIn modern life, quick success is celebrated. We love overnight successes \\u2014 even when we know, behind the scenes, they are anything but instant wins. No doubt you know of an entrepreneur who seemingly popped out of nowhere and are killing it.\\nWhile it may seem glamorous \\u2014 and something that all entrepreneurs strive for \\u2014 what if you don\\u2019t? What if you want to move more slowly towards your goals? What if you don\\u2019t want to hustle hard for 50 or 60 hours a week? What if you want more balance in work so you can more fully enjoy your life?\\nThose were some questions that Carlos asked himself as he created The Happy Startup School \\u2014 and something he wanted to share with others.\\nOptimizing for happiness in life and work\\n\\u201cWe were optimizing for happiness. It isn\\u2019t just about the money \\u2014 what we\\u2019re all trying to do is find happiness. And happiness is a personal thing and it\\u2019s different for everyone, but that\\u2019s the thing\\u2026 the startup school wasn\\u2019t just about starting a business: it was also about building a business that aligns with who you are.\\u201d \\u2014 Carlos Saba\\nWhen Carlos and his business partner Lawrence started talking about The Happy Startup School, they knew they wanted to focus on educating clients. They thought the school would train entrepreneurs on how to build and grow lean startups in a happy way, that was based on two of their favorite books: Lean Startup and Delivering Happiness.\\nBut they realized they could do so much more than that. That\\u2019s when they decided to focus entirely on happiness in life and business \\u2014 and to share that with their community. Now, they provide resources, gatherings, and people to spark new ideas and conversations around infusing happiness into every aspect of life and business.\\nCreating space for event attendees\\n\\u201cThe real key thing that we think is really important is space. Not filling it for the sake of filling it because you think that\\u2019s how you create value but actually creating the space for value to emerge fr...'