Arthur C. Brooks on How to 'Build the Life You Want' in 2024

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🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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The end of the year is a time of reflection, and for some, a chance to reassess our priorities. But if the goal is greater happiness, says author and Harvard professor Arthur C. Brooks, we may be going about New Year’s resolutions all wrong. It’s great to try and lose weight or save more money, but research shows that practicing things like forgiveness and gratitude are actually more likely to increase overall happiness, he writes. Brooks joins us to talk about his new book, Build the Life You Want, co-authored with Oprah Winfrey, which offers strategies to increase happiness and well being, even in the face of hardship. Guests: Arthur C. Brooks, professor, Harvard; columnist, The Atlantic; co-author (with Oprah Winfrey) of "Build the Life You Want." His other books include "From Strength to Strength." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.5	Coming up on forum, the end of the year is often a time of reflection, a chance to reassess our priorities and make changes in the new year.
1:01.6	But if the goal is greater happiness, author and Harvard professor, Arthur C. Brooks, says we may be going about New Year's resolutions and a lot of other attempts at improving our lives all wrong.
1:12.6	Brooke's new book co-authored with Oprah Winfrey called Build the Life You Want
1:17.6	offers strategies to increase happiness and even challenges our conceptions of what it is.
1:23.6	We'll learn why Brooke says happiness is not a feeling.
1:26.6	After this news.
1:36.3	Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. Arthur C. Brooks knows what it means to reinvent yourself.
1:43.2	He's been a professional French horn player,
1:45.7	the head of a leading conservative think tank. And today, he teaches the science of happiness at
1:51.4	Harvard and writes a popular column for the Atlantic where he shares advice and data on what it
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