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The James Altucher Show

309 - Loretta Breuning: The Science of Happiness: How to Hack Your Brain & Become A Happier Person

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Society & Culture, Talk Radio, Writer, Philosophy, Comedy, Chess, How To, Entrepreneurship, Jay, James, The James Altucher Show, Altucher, Author, Jay Yow, Education, Jay The Engineer, Business, James Altucher

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2018

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Happy chemicals = the key to happiness. So I interviewed Dr. Loretta Breuning, author of “Meet Your Happy Chemicals,” “The Science of Positivity,” “I, Mammal,” and “Habits of a Happy Brain.” Show Notes: “Meet Your Happy...

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.6

This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.

0:12.6

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:15.8

Porto's all feels really bad.

0:18.0

Like it feels worse than negative thinking.

0:20.3

It feels just as bad as if you're like hitting the face.

0:23.4

So when the boss yells at me, I feel like crying or running out of the building.

0:27.9

So what do I do at this point to get my dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin back up to par or even better?

0:34.6

I'll tell you what I do.

0:36.8

You know what?

0:37.8

I actually had a job at a Wall Street bag when I was in my 20s and I literally started

0:43.9

crying when a boss yelled at me.

0:47.2

We've all been there.

0:48.2

We've all been there.

0:49.2

We've all cried in our cubicles.

0:53.4

Yeah, yeah.

0:54.9

But what stunned me was that what the boss was on me for was minuscule.

1:02.6

It was the tiniest thing.

1:05.0

It was not a huge career threatening, but it was small.

1:09.4

But these small things happen a lot.

1:11.8

So you have to make a decision.

1:13.8

Like, am I going to try to rewire myself or am I going to accept the shit or try to create some alternative path?

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