Happiness in Relationships and Work, and Dangers of Social Media, with Gad Saad | Ep. 595

The Megyn Kelly Show

SiriusXM

Society & Culture, News Commentary, News

4.4 • 38.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly is joined by Gad Saad, author of "The Saad Truth About Happiness," to talk about whether happiness is something we're born with or if it can be learned and taught, how the media business is not generally conducive to happiness, Saad's very not happy life growing up, how social media is making kids less happy, the personality traits that lead us to happiness or unhappiness, what extroversion or emotionality mean for people, Rob Reiner's lack of a pathway to happiness, happiness in relationships through "novelty," the different kinds of animals and their interest in "variety," how regret affects happiness, whether money leads to happiness, career and happiness, kids and dogs, and more. Saad's book: https://www.amazon.com/Saad-Truth-about-Happiness-Secrets/dp/1684512603

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, your home for Open, Honest, and Provocative Conversations.
0:07.0	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly, welcome to the Megan Kelly Show.
0:16.0	Happiness is the subject of today's show.
0:20.0	Happiness is a scientific fact.
0:22.0	That's good news for us because it means we can study it and we can devise strategies
0:28.0	to work on it to make ourselves happier and more fulfilled human beings.
0:34.0	One of the happiest people I know, Dr. Gad Sad, is here with us today to give us all the tools we need to get happier.
0:41.0	Gad is professor of marketing at Concordia University, up north of the border, and host of the Sad Truth Podcast.
0:50.0	He's here to discuss his new book, The Sad Truth about Happiness.
0:54.0	He's here with eight secrets for leading the good life.
0:58.0	Welcome back to the show, Professor.
1:00.0	Ah, so good to be with you.
1:02.0	You're looking as radiant as ever, Miss Kelly.
1:06.0	Thank you very much.
1:08.0	I love this topic.
1:10.0	This is like, I hope you're happyness in sort of the hashtag Goals category of my life.
1:16.0	You know, it's like, I'm kind of in the news business.
1:21.0	I'm a cynical mofo and I work a lot.
1:25.0	I definitely feel happy, a fair amount, but I'm not like cheery as a default.
1:31.0	So do I need to work?
1:33.0	Can I work on it, Gad? Can I get to the point where I'm cheery most of my life?
1:39.0	So there's good news in that about 50% of our genes are inscribed and are of our happiness are inscribed in our genes.
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