EXPERTS ON EXPERT: Tal Ben-Shahar

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

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4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2019

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Tal Ben-Shahar is American and Israeli professor and author in the areas of positive psychology, organizational psychology and leadership. Tal sits down with the Armchair Expert to discuss his road from squash player to Harvard professor, his trick for mitigating road rage and his psychological approach to solving structural problems. Tal gives tips on building resilience and Dax questions the validity of self-help. The two talk about the reasons behind escalating systemic depression, the idea that humans have more commonalities than differences and the concept of ritualizing positive behavior. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome to armchair experts, expert on experts. I'm Dax Shepard.
0:07.0	That's who you are.
0:08.0	And you're Monica Padman.
0:09.0	Yeah. Today we have a very, very fun and interesting guest.
0:14.0	He was a lecturer at Harvard University
0:17.0	and a writer in the areas of positive psychology and leadership.
0:20.5	He taught two of the largest classes in Harvard University's history, positive
0:24.0	psychology and the psychology of leadership.
0:27.8	His name is Tall Ben Chihar and he has some real tips to getting into action on being happy.
0:35.0	He's written The Joy of Leadership, as well as Choose the Life You Want,
0:39.0	The Mindful Way to Happiness,
0:41.0	and Being Happy.
0:42.0	His latest book, Shortcuts to
0:43.6	happiness, life-changing lessons from my barber, should be checked out by
0:47.6	everyone. He had so many wonderful things to say. He did. I wish I could have
0:52.1	taken his class. Oh, me too.
0:54.0	It made me really feel regret about not going to Harvard and taking his class.
0:58.0	I know I wasn't even regretting not going to Harvard, but then when I found out about his class, I like I should have I should have it yeah I didn't do it I blew it
1:06.1	Well he brought his class here virtually right so we now pass it on to you please enjoy Tall Ben Shahar.
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