Author & TEDx Speaker John C. Havens: Hacking Happiness
Wellness + Wisdom Podcast
Josh Trent
4.8 • 913 Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2015
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
John C. Havens is a contributing writer for Mashable, The Guardian, and Slate, and author of, Hacking Happiness - Why Your Personal Data Counts and How Tracking it Can Change the World (Tarcher/Penguin, 2014). His new book, Genuine - Authentic Happiness in an Age of Artificial Intelligence comes out from Tarcher/Penguin next year. John is also a consultant and keynote speaker at places like TEDx and SXSW.
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Listen as John Discusses:
- How technology is revolutionzing the wellness industry
- What is Hacking Happiness
- How to create a life by values design (Vbd)
- How wearable and wellness technology will shape the next 3-5 years will shape personal health
- Why our data can be a double edged sword
- How to take action in making your data work for you
- What is the Happathon? John's discussion of
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| 0:03.0 | And in the health and wellness industry, you know, I think you have an amazing |
| 0:06.1 | level of ways to help motivate people where you can know all the sort of very human |
| 0:11.0 | excuses we give for not exercising but you can also help people move |
| 0:15.5 | beyond that and be like look either gonna get healthier or you're not. |
| 0:20.8 | Welcome to Wellness Force Radio where you will hear inspiring and passionate experts in the areas of wellness technology and behavior change. |
| 0:28.0 | Your host, Josh Trent, will empower you with the knowledge and tools you need to take the very best actions in transforming your mindset, your body, and ultimately your life. |
| 0:39.0 | Now here's your host. |
| 0:41.0 | Welcome back to Wellness Force Radio. |
| 0:43.6 | I am your host Josh Trent, and every week we bring you inspiring and passionate experts |
| 0:48.1 | in the areas of technology, health and wellness to empower you with the knowledge and |
| 0:51.8 | tools on how to take the best actions in transforming your mindset, your body, and ultimately your life. |
| 0:58.0 | Today I am extremely excited to have John C Havens on the show. |
| 1:02.0 | John is a contributing writer for Mashable, the Guardian and |
| 1:05.7 | Slate, and he's the author of Hacking Happiness, while your personal data counts and how tracking it can |
| 1:10.8 | change the world. His new book, Genuine |
| 1:13.4 | authentic happiness in an age of artificial intelligence, comes out from |
| 1:17.1 | Tarsher Penguin next year. John is also a consultant in keynote speaker at |
| 1:21.5 | places like South by Southwest and TEDx and he's also a former |
| 1:25.5 | Broadway TV film actor, consultant, activist, and father. |
| 1:30.9 | Welcome to the show, John. |
| 1:31.9 | We're really excited to learn from you. |
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