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Hey, it's Guy Ross here and on my podcast how I built this, I talked to the founders behind some of the world's biggest companies.

And together we discuss all of the skills they learned along the way, like confronting big challenges head on and how to lead through uncertainty.

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From ABC, this is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris.

Hey, hey, there's a there's an old expression every time a friend succeeds, I die a little bit.

I love that saying because it speaks to how hard it is to take pleasure in other people's happiness.

That said, while it may be hard, it is not impossible. And moreover, as our guests today will argue, it is a massively useful skill, especially as we endure this bonkers election.

Welcome to week three of our special election sanity podcast series every Monday in October.

We're tackling a mental skill drawn from an ancient Buddhist list known as the four Brahma Viharas or the heavenly abodes.

Do not be fooled by the highfalutin name. These skills are eminently achievable and massively helpful.

And I can say this based both on personal experience and also a significant amount of scientific research.

In the previous two episodes, we explored loving kindness also known by the less gooey moniker of friendliness and then in episode two compassion.

This week, it's sympathetic joy or moodita. That's the ancient poly term.

You can think of this skill as the opposite of shot and Freud instead of reveling in the suffering of other people, you're celebrating your happiness.

Our guest today calls it borrowing joy. Her name is to Arre Salah. She's a guiding teacher at insight Seattle.

She is no polyanna. She does not sugar code how challenging moodita can be. But she does have a strategy that I think you will find appealingly doable.

Before we dive in, just as a reminder, our free election sanity meditation challenge starts next week. We're super excited about this.

We've worked with our very wise meditation teachers from this election sanity podcast series to create a really unique set of daily lessons and meditations all geared toward helping you keep your cool during the 2020 election.

And we'll be doing this challenge for the seven days or running up to the election day. If you'd like to join the challenge, download the 10% happier app today to start meditating your way through this election season.

And we'll see you in the challenge with thousands of other meditators. Again, it starts Tuesday, October 27th.

Having said all that, let's dive in on moodita with to where is Salah.

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