Welcome to Nobody Told Me.

And I'm Jan Black.

If you are looking for a way to improve your life, stay tuned.

Our guest on this episode, Dr. Mike Rucker, says we can all benefit physically and

psychologically from adding more fun to our lives. Dr. Rucker is an organizational psychologist

who says fun is a direct neurological route to improving our well-being. And yet it's also a

skill that requires some training. He's the author of the new book, The Fun Habit, How the Pursuit of Joy and

Wonder can change your life. Dr. Brecker, thank you so much for joining us. Thank you so much for

having me. I know you say that your mission is to help the world have more fun. Why is that

important to you? So as a tool to live sort of an action-oriented life,

I found it a better mechanism for living a joyful life than pursuing happiness aimlessly.

And so my quick backstory is that I had been using the tools of positive psychology for quite

some time.

I'm a charter member of the International Positive Psychology Association.

That formed around 2009.

And the only reason that's important is just to show that I've been using these tools

for years.

Cheek Set Me High created this amazing book called Flow, and then a gentleman by the name

of Marty Seggleman came out with a book called Authentic Happiness around that time.

And then a bunch of psychologists and life coaches and things of that nature created this

group.

And around that time, that's when

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