This is episode number nine five eight with number one New York Times best-selling author Dan Harris

Welcome to the School of greatness. My name is Lewis Howe's former pro athlete turned lifestyle entrepreneur in each week

We bring you an inspiring person or message to help to discover how to unlock your inner greatness

Thanks for spending some time with me today now let the class begin

Brony where the author of the book pop fiber grettes of the dying said life is a choice

It is your life choose consciously choose wisely choose honestly choose happiness

I'm so excited to bring you this episode because it's focused on one of the biggest goals that all of us share being

Happier and in my last interview with the news anchor Dan Harris

He talked about what it was like to have a panic attack on good morning America

It made him start to concentrate on his mental health and learning simply to be a little bit happier every single day

And Dan studied meditation and wrote the number one New York Times best-seller 10% happier

Which he also turned into a podcast and an app and Dan's objective is to help people who are skeptical about meditation

Because he once was to while also connecting with those already on their mental and spiritual journeys and in this episode

We discuss how meditation can open us up to be more compassionate and forgiving to ourselves and others

Why it takes daily effort to be happier and it doesn't just happen by default

You've got to show up every day and make it happen how to make a sport out of fear

This is something that I love to do from my sports background

We talk about methods to conquering your fears in a fun and less stressful way

The biggest lesson he's learned from interviewing the Dalai Lama and trust me

It's not what you would have expected

We talked about one of my favorite topics

masculinity and vulnerability and Dan shares what he learned from his parents growing up and what he wants to teach his children about

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