Arthur C. Brooks: ...finding success, happiness and deep purpose in the second half of life

Nobody Told Me!

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4.2 • 671 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Explore what creates happiness and purpose as we age, and learn ways in which we can navigate, change and strengthen our relationships as we get older. Joining us is social scientist Arthur C Brooks, who is a Harvard professor, bestselling author and columnist at The Atlantic. He's also the author of a new book called "From Strength to Strength Finding Success, Happiness and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life." His website is https://arthurbrooks.com/

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0:00.0	Welcome to Nobody Told Me.
0:11.0	I'm Laura Owens and I'm Jan Black.
0:13.0	On this episode, we'll explore what creates happiness and purpose as we age.
0:18.0	And we're going to look at ways in which we can navigate change and
0:21.0	strengthen our relationships as we get older. Joining us is social scientist Arthur C. Brooks,
0:26.2	who is a Harvard professor, bestselling author and columnist at the Atlantic. He's also the author
0:31.6	of a new book called From Strength to Strength, Finding Success, Happiness, and deep purpose in the second half of life.
0:39.9	Professor, thank you so much for joining us.
0:42.1	Delighted to be with you.
0:43.2	Congratulations on your wonderful show, helping people every time we tune in.
0:47.7	Well, thank you so much.
0:49.3	Congratulations on your new book, which is doing the same thing.
0:52.9	And the book is somewhat the result of your own personal journey, isn't it?
0:57.6	It really is. You know, I'm a happiness specialist. I'm a social scientist and I look at behavior, all different kinds of behaviors. And I've been thinking about happiness for a long time for 25 years. But I realized that nobody was doing happiness work that asked the following question.
1:13.2	What can I do at 25 or 45 or even 65 that can remarkably change the odds of being happy
1:20.2	when I'm 75?
1:21.1	Most people just think, I don't know, I'll live right, hope for the best.
1:23.9	And, you know, if I get happy, I'm happy, it'll be good luck. But it turns out we don't
1:29.2	have to leave it up to luck. Eight years of research on the subject of how people can get happier
1:34.2	as they age have shown me a lot. There are about 10 things that we can do that can practically
1:40.2	guarantee that we'll get happier as we get older, maybe be the happiest we've ever
1:44.8	been in our lives.
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