56. What's Essential: Dr. Arthur Brooks on Living a Better and Happier Life

The Greg McKeown Podcast

Greg McKeown

Self-improvement, Business, Education

4.9 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Behavioral social scientist and Harvard professor Arthur Brooks (author, Love Your Enemies) shares his insights and research as a happiness scholar. He and Greg discuss the importance of understanding and embracing our unique genetic temperaments, as well as the ability to manage negative emotions and satisfaction. They explore the mindset shift that achieving happiness can be effortless through positive actions, good relationships, and acts of love. This episode's book recommendation: Love Your Enemies by Arthur Brooks For a limited time purchase Effortless and get the 21-Day Challenge (and download Chapter 1 of Effortless) FREE! Share the What’s Essential podcast with your co-workers & friends and earn rewards: 1 Referral - Access the exclusive "Tim Ferris" episode 3 Referrals - 21-day Challenge PDF 15 Referrals - $10 digital gift card you can use at stores like Real Simple, Container Store, etc. What's Essential Podcast Twitter Facebook Greg McKeown Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Scratch Audiohouse Instagram LinkedIn Credits: Hosted by Greg McKeown Produced by Greg McKeown and Scratch Audiohouse Executive Produced by Greg McKeown, Avi Gandhi, Brent Montgomery, and Ed Simpson Co-Produced by Paul Dizon

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show I'm Greg McEwen and I'm your host for the What's Essential Podcast.
0:09.5	There are lots of shows on how to improve, on how to become successful, but there is only
0:15.4	one on what to do once you are.
0:19.1	This is essential because success can be a catalyst for failure, especially if it leads to
0:25.3	the undisciplined pursuit of more.
0:28.5	This show is about how to become successful at success.
0:32.3	It's for high performers who are on the edge of exhaustion, solving problems completely
0:38.2	before they even arise.
0:39.7	It's about turning tedious tasks into joyful rituals.
0:44.9	It's about simplifying your processes and making your most essential activities the
0:49.8	easiest ones.
0:51.8	So if you're a driven, hardworking, productive person who is running out of space but still
0:56.8	wants to make a higher contribution effortlessly, the What's Essential Podcast is designed
1:03.5	especially for you.
1:07.5	So let's begin.
1:15.0	My guest today is Arthur C. Brooks, Harvard professor, behavioral social scientist and
1:20.8	columnist at the Atlantic, who specialises in using the highest levels of science and
1:26.0	philosophy to provide people with actionable strategies to live their best lives.
1:32.8	Is the best-selling author of 11 books on topics ranging from economic opportunity to human
1:38.4	happiness?
1:39.4	He's the host of the popular The Art of Happiness Podcast available on Apple and Spotify.
1:46.7	He was selected as one of Fortune magazine's 50 world greatest leaders and awarded six
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