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How many years ago was it when Dan Harris walked into the studio and changed our lives?

He made it cool to talk about meditation.

People thought meditation was something that was witchcraft. Yeah. I can't believe it. Maybe I'm over exaggerating. Dan Harris is back. Dan! Hi. How you doing? It all started, the original book, 10% happier. Yes. I've read it twice now. And I think it's... So are you 20% happy? No, it's actually, it's a sign of cognitive decline.

I think it's like 7% happier.

Anyway, you know what?

Dan's story is an amazing story.

Thank you.

And where you've come since 10% happier came out, where you've landed as of today.

I love you're doing your own thing.

You left network TV.

You're a huge thing or at ABC.

Yeah, they really, they have a hard time putting one foot in front of another without me.

It's true.

They're like, where's our B-level news anchor?

Stop.

Will you stop? How do we get that guy back? Dan Harris, you've turned this brand of yours, this Dan Harris and Dan Harris.com brand into this. It's more than just meditation. It's just living your life, being aware and being mindful. And I don't know, where do you want to start? Who are you? Tell everyone who tell everyone who you are what you do I used to be in news anchor I was at ABC news for 21 years I

covered stories all over the world and then I had a panic attack on an obscure broadcast called good

morning America uh in front of five million people and that got me interested in meditation I wrote

a book about it called 10% happier that you were were incredibly supportive of. And then now I, 10 years later, I'm not at ABC News anymore and I have

this new thing where I give people what I call a gentle IV drip of wisdom and advice from

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