Brad Anastasia, on Why Leaving the Corporate Ladder Helped Him Grow Exponentially to Seek Real Happiness
Enter the Lionheart
Lawrence Dunning
4.9 • 67 Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2021
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Lawrence is joined by Brad Anastasia, a former Investment Banker who became so burnt out with the Rat Race, that he quit the Corporate Dream and moved to South America to search for answers on how to live a life worth living. During his years in Argentina and Peru, Brad spent his time learning Spanish, while trying to demystify the elusiveness of happiness. While working in finance he had traded in the currency of money as a yardstick for happiness. Now, amid so much less, he realized that it was happiness itself, that was the ultimate currency. He moved back to the U.S., settling in Chicago, wrote a book that focused on the path to happiness, and started a new life of balance and fulfillment. He realized happiness wasn't a destination, but rather a journey. We discussed his 8 daily habits to leading a fulfilling life, with happiness as a by-product, instead of a focus.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the End of the Lion Heart Podcast with your host Lauren Stunning. |
| 0:17.1 | So I'm really looking forward to seeing one of my oldest friends Brad Anastasia here in |
| 0:21.6 | my new home studio. |
| 0:24.0 | Also a huge shout out to my wonderful wife Jen who helped me get the studio set up along |
| 0:29.0 | with the awesome eagle without you both I'd be completely lost. |
| 0:33.9 | Brad has a great life story. |
| 0:35.7 | He quit a really well-paying job as an investment banker in New York. |
| 0:39.4 | He moved to Argentina, learned Spanish, and spent a long time really meditating on what |
| 0:44.8 | it takes in life to be happy. |
| 0:47.5 | Later, after working and living in Peru, he eventually settled in Chicago to a life |
| 0:53.0 | much more focused on happiness as the ultimate currency instead of money. |
| 0:58.0 | He published a book called Finding a Way to Happy and has some really unique thoughts on |
| 1:02.2 | what makes a life worth living. |
| 1:05.0 | Brad, this is such a treat we're back for the first time actually in doing this in a studio |
| 1:12.9 | instead of on Zoom. |
| 1:14.1 | But we are back because the first one had some audio recording issues so thank you for coming |
| 1:18.2 | back and welcome. |
| 1:19.2 | Brother, I'm honored to be the first one in studio as I told you I'm going to repeat some |
| 1:23.7 | of the jokes that were on the first floor and just try to pretend to laugh. |
| 1:29.2 | So funny story, when we first met, it was 2004, so 17 years ago and I was going to meet |
| 1:36.3 | a friend of mine I was working with in Buenos Aires and I'm just about the day before left. |
| 1:41.9 | He was in Brazil and he tells me he's like, hey buddy, I'm not going to be there when |
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