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The Happiness Expert: Single Friends Will Keep You Single & Obesity Is Contagious!

If you want to hear more about the key to happiness, I recommend you check out my conversation with Dr Robert Waldinger, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itg00I2q8lk 00:00 Intro 02:13 Are You a Professor of Happiness? 07:28 Is Hope Important to Be Happy? 10:21 Follow the Science to Be Happy 13:05 Personal Responsibility 18:05 Enjoyment, Satisfaction, and Meaning 20:01 Addiction and Temporary Rewards 23:10 How to Turn Pleasure into Happiness 28:32 Diets: How the Process Is More Important Than the End Goal 34:48 What's a Good End Goal for Fitness? 38:13 The Why of Your Life 43:48 Finding Purpose and Link to Unhappiness 50:58 The Power of Meditation 01:00:14 Personality Types 01:04:49 Finding the Right Partner That Compliments You 01:08:21 How Your Brain Works When You’re in Love 01:10:25 Does Being in Love Make Us Happier? 01:12:12 Focusing Less on Yourself Brings You Happiness 01:14:15 Is Happiness or Negativity Contagious? 01:19:31 Are Introverts or Extroverts Happier? 01:21:05 What Is Metacognition and Its Role in Happiness? 01:25:31 Last Guest Question You can purchase Arthur’s most recent book, ‘Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier’, here: https://amzn.to/3SmH5B2 Follow Arthur: Twitter - https://bit.ly/3HnHLje Instagram - https://bit.ly/47CYaeq Get tickets to The Business & Life Speaking Tour: https://stevenbartlett.com/tour/ FOLLOW ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steven/ Twitter: https://x.com/StevenBartlett?s=20 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-bartlett-56986834/ Sponsors: Linkedin Jobs: https://www.linkedin.com/doac Huel Greens: https://my.huel.com/DiaryofaCEOJan24

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Jan 18, 20241h 29mWatch on YouTube ↗

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January 18, 2024
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1h 29m
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The Diary of a CEO
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If you want to hear more about the key to happiness, I recommend you check out my conversation with Dr Robert Waldinger, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itg00I2q8lk 00:00 Intro 02:13 Are You a Professor of Happiness? 07:28 Is Hope Important to Be Happy? 10:21 Follow the Science to Be Happy 13:05 Personal Responsibility 18:05 Enjoyment, Satisfaction, and Meaning 20:01 Addiction and Temporary Rewards 23:10 How to Turn Pleasure into Happiness 28:32 Diets: How the Process Is More Important Than the End Goal 34:48 What's a Good End Goal for Fitness? 38:13 The Why of Your Life 43:48 Finding Purpose and Link to Unhappiness 50:58 The Power of Meditation 01:00:14 Personality Types 01:04:49 Finding the Right Partner That Compliments You 01:08:21 How Your Brain Works When You’re in Love 01:10:25 Does Being in Love Make Us Happier? 01:12:12 Focusing Less on Yourself Brings You Happiness 01:14:15 Is Happiness or Negativity Contagious? 01:19:31 Are Introverts or Extroverts Happier? 01:21:05 What Is Metacognition and Its Role in Happiness? 01:25:31 Last Guest Question You can purchase Arthur’s most recent book, ‘Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier’, here: https://amzn.to/3SmH5B2 Follow Arthur: Twitter - https://bit.ly/3HnHLje Instagram - https://bit.ly/47CYaeq Get tickets to The Business & Life Speaking Tour: https://stevenbartlett.com/tour/ FOLLOW ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steven/ Twitter: https://x.com/StevenBartlett?s=20 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-bartlett-56986834/ Sponsors: Linkedin Jobs: https://www.linkedin.com/doac Huel Greens: https://my.huel.com/DiaryofaCEOJan24

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  • Arthur Brooks

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  • Steven Bartlett

    host

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, featuring Arthur Brooks and Steven Bartlett, The Happiness Expert: Single Friends Will Keep You Single & Obesity Is Contagious! explores harvard Happiness Expert Destroys Myths About Joy, Struggle, Love, Contagion Arthur Brooks, a Harvard professor and happiness researcher, explains why most cultural advice about happiness is wrong and replaces it with a science-backed framework of enjoyment, satisfaction, and meaning. He shows how genetics, habits, and social contagion shape our wellbeing, and why agency, responsibility, and struggle are essential ingredients rather than obstacles.

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