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5 lessons on happiness β€” from pop fame to poisonous snakes | Mike Posner

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πŸ—“οΈ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Singer-songwriter Mike Posner took a break from his music to take a walk β€” a very long walk, across the entire United States. He shares five lessons he learned from his epic, eventful trek (snakes might be involved) and how it helped him find the key to happiness. (He also performs two hit songs: "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" and "Could You Do the Same.")

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Ted Audio Collective.

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Audio Collective.

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It's Ted Talk's Daily.

0:10.0

I'm Elise Hugh.

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Singer-songwriter Mike Posner took a break from his music to take a walk.

0:16.6

A long walk, a walk all the way across America.

0:20.8

So in his 2023 talk from Ted Countdown Summit, Posner shares what he learned from his

0:25.7

epic and eventful walk, how it transformed him, and as you'll hear in his performances

0:31.9

from both before and after the talk, how it inspired

0:35.0

his art after a break. I took a pill in a bea to show a Vichy I was cool and when I finally got sober

1:00.0

fell 10 years older off fuck it it was something to do I'm living out in LA

1:07.3

I drive a sports car just a pool I'm a real big baller because I made a million dollars and I spend it on girls and shoes

1:15.6

you don't want to be hired like me never really knowing why you like me you don't

1:22.4

never want to step off that roller coaster and be all alone.

1:27.0

You don't want to ride the bus like this. Never knowing who to trust like this you don't want to be stuck up on that

1:36.1

stage singing stuck up on that stage singing

1:40.3

all I know,

1:45.0

sad songs,

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sad songs,

1:50.0

darling knows,

1:52.0

darling knows. Darling all I know

1:55.0

our sad souls, sad souls. Sighors. Sores.

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