518: Raj Raghunathan | If You're so Smart, Why Aren't You Happy?

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4.7 • 11K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2016

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Raj Raghunathan (@Rajadon), author of If You're so Smart, Why Aren't You Happy?, examines why happiness often eludes us in all walks of life -- no matter how healthy, wealthy, or wise we seem to others. The Cheat Sheet: The very things that make people smart and successful can, paradoxically, get in the way of happiness. The typical education, no matter how extensive (or expensive), doesn't give us instructions for how to be happy. Are millennials naturally better equipped for happiness than elder generations? Being mindful intensifies positive feelings even as it mitigates negative ones. What's the recipe for your happiness? And so much more... Show notes at http://theartofcharm.com/podcast-episodes/raj-raghunathan-youre-smart-arent-happy-episode-518/ HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today we're talking with author Raj Raghunathan.
0:14.8	He's the author of If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Happy?
0:18.1	We're going to talk about maximizing our happiness, things we do to sabotage our ability
0:22.3	to be happy and decision making processes that we need to have mastered in order to consistently
0:27.4	do what will in the end make us happy.
0:30.1	This is a great episode.
0:31.1	He is a brilliant researcher and a great professor knows this stuff back and forth.
0:34.8	So enjoy this one with Raj Raghunathan and with that, welcome to The Art of Charm.
0:38.8	I'm your host, Jordan Harbinger.
0:40.8	The Art of Charm brings together the best thought leaders, teachers and exceptional individuals
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1:07.1	We may not have all the answers, but we definitely have some of the questions.
1:10.6	All right, here's Raj Raghunathan.
1:15.2	Tell us what you do in one sentence.
1:17.8	What I do, I think of myself as somebody who's really very interested in enhancing the
1:23.6	well-being of many different stakeholders, in particular, these smart and successful people,
1:29.0	like the MBA students and people who work for big firms and organizations.
1:33.4	That's what I see myself as, you know, somebody who is the pervert of well-being.
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