What a family is episode 163 of the Genius Life.

What's going on everybody welcome back to another episode of the show I'm your host Max

Lugovier.

I'm a health zizernalist and I'm the author of the New York Times bestselling book Genius

Foods and the Genius Life.

Guys, today's episode is the definition of things get sweeter with time.

Today's guest is the one and only Scott Barry Kaufman.

Scott and I recorded this episode peak pandemic and boy oh boy am I pumped to finally get

it out to you.

Scott is a humanistic psychologist and cognitive scientist interested in the development

of intelligence, creativity and personality.

He applies a variety of perspectives to come to a richer understanding and appreciation

of all kinds of minds and ways of achieving greatness.

He's taught courses on intelligence, creativity and well-being at Columbia University and

why you, the University of Pennsylvania and elsewhere.

And his latest book, Transcend the new science of self actualization is out now.

Scott offers a roadmap over the course of the next hour for finding purpose and fulfillment,

not by striving for money, success or happiness, but by becoming the best version of ourselves.

We also discuss how to keep hope alive in the face of uncertainty, something that many

of us still face even as the pandemic begins to resolve itself, at least in some parts

of the world.

We have a lengthy discussion of cancel culture and why it is the antithesis of self-transcendence.

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