Build The Life You Want – Episode 1

Oprah's Super Soul

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.6 • 32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In Episode One of the Build the Life You Want Super Soul Podcast, Oprah and Arthur Brooks offer listeners a better understanding of the science behind happiness and why Arthur says, “Happiness is not a destination, happiness is a direction.” Together, they take questions from people across the country who have read Build the Life You Want who are curious how to apply topics from the book to their own lives. They discuss the “The Four Pillars of Happiness: Faith, Family, Friends and Work that Serves” as well as the power of metacognition which Oprah calls “one of the biggest contributions to people getting happier.” Arthur Brooks explains how using “emotional caffeine” can lead to greater happiness and how having “a better storage of emotions” can block anxiety and depression. Want more podcasts from OWN? Visit https://bit.ly/OWNPods You can also watch Oprah’s Super Soul, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more of your favorite OWN shows on your TV! Visit https://bit.ly/find_OWN

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0:00.0	Thanks to the Hartford for supporting this special bonus episode of Super Soul. So Arthur Brooks, Arthur Brooks, Arthur, welcome back.
0:17.0	Thank you.
0:18.0	It all started right here.
0:19.0	During the pandemic, I came across a column in the Atlantic magazine and noticed that I started to look forward
0:24.6	to reading it every week. It's called How to Build a Life by Arthur Brooks. I knew I
0:29.7	had to meet the man who wrote such insightful advice.
0:33.6	So Arthur Brooks, it is my great pleasure to meet you.
0:37.9	I am such a huge fan of yours.
0:41.1	Arthur Brooks is a world-renowned social scientist.
0:44.0	Happiness is really a combination of three things.
0:47.0	Enjoyment, satisfaction, and meaning.
0:51.0	The author of many books, including the number one New York Times bestseller
0:54.4	From Strength to Strength. I'm a big fan of how to build a life column in the
0:58.9	Atlantic. I find myself sharing with my kids all the time. And a professor at
1:02.4	Harvard Business School
1:03.4	whose course on happiness is so popular,
1:05.4	there's always a long wait list.
1:08.0	I thought about it, I thought.
1:09.5	It's not about them, it's not about Harvard.
1:11.8	This is about everybody who needs the science of
1:14.0	happiness. The whole world's on the waiting list for this class. This year, Professor
1:18.2	Brooks and I teamed up to co-write a book we call Build the Life You Want, the art and science of getting
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