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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Moment 1 - Johann Hari On Why We're Becoming Less Happy And More Lonely

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.613.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

In these ‘Moment’ episodes I will be selecting my favourite sections from previous episodes of The Diary Of A CEO.

In this episode Journalist and Author Johann Hari, most well known for writing the New York Times bestselling book ‘Lost Connections’, explains why as humans we are becoming less happy and more lonely.

As a species, we are becoming more and more disconnected, and Johann mainly puts this down to the fact that we are being driven by ‘junk’ values. Like junk food, our ‘junk’ values seem to be attractive to us, but really only go on to harm both us and our happiness.

Johann explains that only once we begin to understand our intrinsic and extrinsic motivations will we finally be free to live a more connected and happier life.

Full episode - https://g2ul0.app.link/or4oJ5MOrfb

Johann:
https://www.instagram.com/johann.hari/
https://twitter.com/johannhari101

Watch us on Youtube - youtube.com/c/StevenBartlettYT

Transcript

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0:00.0

This podcast is centres around business entrepreneurship and I guess the pursuit of success generally speaking.

0:10.0

But what is it that's causing us to become lonelier?

0:15.0

Because entrepreneurs are known to be incredibly lonely as a group, I guess, a professional group of society.

0:22.0

But what's causing us broadly to become lonelier?

0:25.0

Well I think there's a lot of things, but I'll give you an example of one of the other courses that I think might have better insight into this than me.

0:31.0

But I think might play out more in people who are inclined to become business leaders, not all of them.

0:37.0

So everyone listening to this knows that junk food has taken over our diets and made us physically sick, right?

0:42.0

I don't say so in any sense, it's a superiority.

0:44.0

For most of my 20s, I basically lived on KFC.

0:47.0

I had a low point one day when I went to the, my local KFC at the end of Brick Lane.

0:52.0

I remember going, it was the afternoon of Christmas Eve, which was even sadder as a story.

0:56.0

I would go again and saying my order, which was so disgusting, I wouldn't even repeat it.

0:59.0

And the guy behind the counter said, oh yeah, I'm really glad you're here.

1:02.0

And he said wait a minute.

1:03.0

And he went back behind the friars and came back with every member of staff and a really big Christmas card.

1:09.0

And we said all written to like to our favourite customer.

1:12.0

And part of one of the reasons why my clogged heart sank is because I suddenly thought,

1:15.0

this isn't even the fried chicken shop I go to the most, right?

1:18.0

But, okay, so we know that junk food appeals to the part of us that wants nutrition,

1:23.0

but actually doesn't give you nutrition, it makes you sick, right?

1:25.0

But what's interesting is something very similar has happened with our values.

1:29.0

And I kind of junk values have taken over our minds and made us mentally sick.

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