325: The Four Pillars of Radical Happiness, Plus How to Find and Keep Romantic Love in 2023 | Arthur Brooks, PhD
The Genius Life
Max Lugavere
4.7 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2023
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Arthur C. Brooks is a renowned Harvard professor and author of 13 books. He teaches leadership and happiness, writes for The Atlantic, and empowers individuals and organizations worldwide to enhance well-being. His latest book, co-authored with Oprah Winfrey, is called Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier.
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| 0:00.0 | What's poppin' everybody? Welcome to episode 325 of The Genius Life, psyched to have you here. |
| 0:18.1 | What's going on everybody? Welcome back to another episode of The Genius Life. |
| 0:21.5 | I'm your host Max Lugovir, a filmmaker, health and science journalist and New York Times |
| 0:25.2 | best-selling author. I've dedicated my life to unraveling the science behind how our choices |
| 0:29.5 | including what we eat and how we live affect our cognitive and physical performance, |
| 0:33.9 | how we feel, our health span and our risk for disease. This podcast is all about how to live in |
| 0:39.3 | that optimal state, which I call living like a genius. On this episode of the show, I'm pumped |
| 0:44.2 | to welcome back for the second time my good friend Arthur Brooks. Arthur is a renowned Harvard |
| 0:50.0 | professor and is the author of 13 books, including the number one New York Times best-seller |
| 0:55.6 | from strength to strength. He teaches leadership and happiness. He writes for the Atlantic, |
| 1:00.9 | he's got a wonderful column over there, and he empowers individuals and organizations worldwide |
| 1:06.6 | to enhance their well-being. On today's episode of the show, we are among other things going |
| 1:11.4 | to celebrate his brand new book, which comes out this week called Build the Life You Want, |
| 1:17.2 | the Art and Science of Getting Happier, which he co-wrote with none other than Oprah Winfrey. |
| 1:23.5 | No big deal. Dude's got Oprah Winfrey on speed dial. All good. On this episode of the show, |
| 1:27.6 | we're going to talk all about happiness, relationships, and the neuroscience behind them. |
| 1:33.6 | Arthur's going to discuss how success in business doesn't guarantee happiness in life and emphasizes |
| 1:39.2 | the importance of treating one's life like a startup. He explains that the keys to happiness |
| 1:44.3 | lie in four basic parts, family life, friendships, work, and a spiritual or metaphysical journey. |
| 1:50.8 | He's also going to highlight the importance of complementarity in romantic relationships and |
| 1:55.2 | the negative effects of excessive compatibility. We also are going to touch on topics such as the |
| 1:59.6 | dark triad personality traits, the role of dopamine in focus and creativity, the significance of |
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