How to Experience True Happiness | Rainn Wilson EP 393

The Daily Motivation

Lewis Howes

Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 960 Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Rainn Wilson delves into the quest for genuine happiness, emphasizing that it's not found in external achievements but within ourselves. Discover how giving back to others and being of service can be a powerful source of fulfillment and happiness.

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0:00.0	Hi my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.
0:10.0	What was the number one key to happiness from all these different individuals
0:15.0	we met around the world? Do you know about the Grant study out of Harvard University?
0:20.0	75-year study? Yes.
0:22.0	75-year study, 300 men in Harvard University, searching for what makes a good life.
0:28.1	All these data points, thousands of data points over the decades.
0:31.9	The final doctor overseeing the study, Dr George
0:34.8	Valent, his final culmination was the only thing that really matters in life
0:39.1	are your relationships to other people. So wherever I went in the world and I saw people succeeding at
0:46.8	well-being at inspiration and happiness contentment, they're connected to other
0:52.4	people, it its community.
0:54.0	And I think as Gav Vermatte talks about the relationships with others, but also the relationship
0:58.1	to ourselves. And making sure we have a good relationship with self. It's hard to have great relationships with others if we
1:04.6	don't have a beautiful relationship with self. If we don't accept, have compassion for
1:09.6	ourselves or the parts of ourselves that we are most ashamed of or guilty or insecure about.
1:16.0	And so I think it's a two-part thing.
1:17.4	It's like having great relationships with others, but also developing a quality relationship with
1:21.4	self.
1:22.4	For me, it's inspiring to see you continue to develop a
1:24.6	beautiful relationship with yourself so that you can be of service more in these other ways
1:28.6	that you're doing with this book and the show that you have going on so I'm
1:31.4	excited about that. You mentioned this so I'm excited about that.
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