1175: Dr. Arthur C. Brooks

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2019

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin speak with Dr. Arthur C. Brooks a Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School and Arthur C. Patterson Faculty Fellow at the Harvard Business School and columnist for The Washington Post.

Dr. Brooks has two New York Times bestsellers, a documentary on Netflix (The Pursuit) and a new book, Love Your Enemies.

What can we do with the people we disagree with? (3:28)
How shutting down competition leads to mediocracy. (5:37)
Blurring the line with physical and psychological harm. (7:11)
The concept of ‘nut’ picking. (9:30)
Are we heading down a path of nihilism? (11:12)
Why we must all have a civic creed that we believe and stand by. (14:00)
How people ‘graduate’ into things. (17:01)
The dangerous notion of nationalism. (19:49)
The importance of getting in touch about how your family got to the US. (23:28)
The misguided policy environment that we have in the US. (24:30)
The social science between happiness and dignity. (26:46)
You put in what you get out. (32:10)
The better way to make work pay. (33:50)
The significance and value of long-form conversations. (41:02)
Respecting the frontier atmosphere. (44:15)
Becoming the master of yourself. The premise behind ‘Love Your Enemies’. (48:13)
The importance of effective communication, commonality and knowing where the person is coming from. (53:33)
What was his last paradigm-shattering moment? (1:01:28)
How morals matter more than systems. (1:03:43)
How anger + disgust = contempt. (1:07:10)
The misconception of love. (1:11:40)
The four accounts you must put your energy in for your ultimate happiness. (1:18:54)

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0:00.0	If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go.
0:06.0	Mite, op, mite, op with your hosts.
0:09.0	Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.
0:13.0	So in this episode of Mind Pump, we got to meet somebody that we have a lot of admiration for.
0:19.0	Very, very smart individual.
0:22.0	Dr. Arthur Brooks, he's a professor at the Harvard Business School.
0:27.0	He's an economist, a social scientist, a very popular columnist at the Washington Post.
0:32.0	He's written some bestselling books.
0:35.0	And before joining the Harvard faculty in 2019, he also served for 10 years as the president of the American Enterprise Institute.
0:42.0	This is a public policy think tank in Washington, DC.
0:46.0	Now, again, he's an economist by training, but he's also spent decades studying culture and public policy.
0:52.0	His work in topics from technical economics to the sources of human happiness has established his reputation as a bestselling author.
0:59.0	He's got two New York Times bestsellers.
1:02.0	This guy is awesome. He's got a phenomenal documentary on Netflix called The Pursuit.
1:06.0	He gave a talk that we got to witness live that was one of the most moving inspirational talks ever.
1:12.0	His current book Love Your Enemies takes an incredible approach at a problem that seems to be growing today.
1:20.0	People on both sides of the political spectrum hate each other.
1:24.0	They genuinely have discussed and disdain for each other.
1:27.0	And it seems to be getting worse. His approach is to love your enemies.
1:31.0	You're going to love this episode.
1:34.0	Now, you can find Arthur Brooks on Instagram at Arthur C. Brooks.
1:40.0	His website is Arthur Brooks. He has a podcast called The Arthur Brooks Show.
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