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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Podcast

3 Questions That Determine 99% of Your Happiness

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Podcast

Mark Manson

Self-improvement, Education

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

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We all overestimate how much you have to do to actually be happy.

But what if I told you that achieving happiness is much simpler than you think? That’s right, the smallest lifestyle changes can have the most unexpected knock-on effects towards positive change. It’s actually quite incredible once you experience it.

In today’s episode of the pod, we delve into the 3 of the most important questions that you can ask yourself in determining your own levels of happiness. These are questions worth asking.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

So as you know Drew we post a lot of stuff on social media across all platforms in

0:05.9

2023 there were probably close to a thousand pieces of content that went out the

0:10.0

most viral piece of content was what we're going to talk about today. The thing that

0:13.8

most people shared, most people clicked on, most people were interested in, and that

0:18.2

is three questions that determine 99% of your happiness. What's funny about

0:22.4

this post is that it doesn't actually give

0:24.6

people any advice. It's more just like, hey dumbass, focus on the simple things.

0:29.2

There's a lot to investigate down there and so we're going to spend this episode talking about why

0:34.1

they're so important and helping people understand their own answers to those questions.

0:39.4

Why don't we kick it off with how well am I treating my body and why. Now before people start

0:44.4

freaking out and turning us off and thinking that they're about to get another

0:47.3

lecture on how they need to go to the gym all that shit I do think it's

0:51.1

important to zoom out from the typical conversation around health and just think of it in terms of like how are you treating yourself?

0:59.0

When you look into the research on happiness and well-being it's actually quite shocking how much even a little bit of

1:06.1

physical activity or a small change in nutrition or diet or a small improvement of sleep can have these

1:12.2

drastic outcomes on people's psychology.

1:15.2

For example, I saw a study recently that said that 30 minutes of exercise per day and it doesn't even

1:20.1

have to be strenuous exercise.

1:21.4

You can just go outside and walk around the

1:23.0

fucking block. 30 minutes of exercise a day can have just as much of an effect

1:27.4

for people who are depressed as medication does. Now that's absolutely mind-blowing

1:32.4

to me. All the prescription medication,

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