How To Stop Feeling Lost & Find Your True Purpose - Arthur Brooks - #802

2024-06-27 · 105 min · episode 802 · 12 entities

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Arthur Brooks is a social scientist, professor at Harvard University, and an author. Chasing happiness appears to be the ultimate desire for many people, yet almost everyone struggles to understand what happiness actually is and how to achieve it. So if you speak to a specialist researcher, what does science say is the best way to actually cultivate happiness? Expect to learn what most people get wrong about happiness, the tension between a desire for success and a desire to feel like we’re enough, whether your drive for happiness is rooted in insecurity, if external accolades actually makes us happier, what the macronutrients of happiness are, the most common life elements that people believe will make them happy but actually don't and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get up to 70% off Gymshark's Summer Sale at https://gym.sh/modernwisdom (use code MW10) Get 10% off all Legendary Foods purchases at https://EatLegendary.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get a 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 5.0 at https://manscaped.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Timestamps: (00:00) What We Get Wrong About Happiness (05:23) Current State of Modern Happiness (14:02) Why Faith is Crucial to Happiness (20:05) The Importance of Family & Friends (27:01) Finding Purpose in Your Work (35:43) How to Manage Your Desires (43:49) The Pleasure of Reliving Memories (51:38) Optimising for Satisfaction (01:01:48) Being Seduced By the 4 Idols (01:10:59) Why Meaning Impacts Happiness (01:23:16) Meaningful Parenting in a Comfortable World (01:26:37) Differences Between Happiness & Unhappiness (01:30:59) Why Anxiety Has Become Common (01:35:25) The Modern Evolution of Envy (01:41:25) Understand the Complex Human Experience (01:44:07) Where to Find Arthur Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices