What's Poppin family? It's episode 563 of the genius life. Let's go. What's going on everybody?

Welcome back to The Genius Life.

I'm your host, Max Lugavir.

And today's guest is a returning favorite and one of the clearest thinkers on happiness, purpose, and what actually makes a life worth living.

Arthur Brooks.

Arthur's back with a brand new book out this week, The Meaning of Your Life. And this one hits differently because instead of trying

to hand you some universal answer, he flips the script. Meaning isn't something that you find.

It's something you build personally, deliberately, and often uncomfortably. In this conversation, we get to why

so many people feel lost today, despite having more comfort and convenience than ever. How our

obsession with solving everything may actually be eroding our sense of meaning, and the three

macronutrients of a meaningful life that you can start dialing in immediately. We also go deep on something I think you're going to love, why suffering isn't the enemy, and how learning to relate to it differently might be the unlock for a richer, more resilient, more meaningful life. This is one of those episodes that feels philosophical, but is actually incredibly practical. So listen all the way through to the end. You're not going to want to miss a beat. And as always, don't forget to share this episode with friends and loved ones that you think may benefit from it. And hey, if you're enjoying the show, please consider taking 10 seconds to leave a rating and review on your podcast app of choice. It really does help us reach more people. Our mission here on the show is simple, to cut through the noise with useful, rigorous, evidence-based insights in a sea of long-winded optimization

theater and actually make it engaging enough that you want to listen. All right, with all that out of the way, here's episode 563 with the great Arthur Brooks. Here we go. Arthur Brooks, what's going on? Hey, man, it's great to see you, Max. Welcome back. Thank you. Thank you. What's my fourth appearance? I think so, yeah.

I'm a regular.

You are a regular.

And I quote you all the time.

Yeah, thanks.

I mean, you probably, you might know that. I know you listen to the show, which makes me. I'm a fan of the show. I'm a, it comes to me automatically. Yeah. Yeah. But I, um, what was it? I was watching a video of you. I think it was like on Harvard Business Review or something.

And you were talking about imposter syndrome.

And how people who were super successful.

It's like people have this perception that imposter syndrome somehow goes away.

Right.

It diminishes the more successful you become.

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