Moment 81 - Malcolm Gladwell: What You Thought About Happiness and Fulfilment is Wrong

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

In these ‘Moment’ episodes of my podcast, I’ll be selecting my favourite moments from previous episodes of The Diary Of A CEO.

Reflecting on why immigrants and children of immigrants are often more successful than average, Malcolm turns conventional thinking on its head by saying it’s because immigrants make a ‘b line’ for where they need to go. They do this by often asking themselves one question. A question that Malcolm reveals, and explains why it’s crucial. It’s from the big decisions we take, and the big questions we ask ourselves, that our greatest happiness derives from. We’ll let Malcolm explain it from here…

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Malcolm: https://www.gladwellbooks.com

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0:00.0	This has never been done before.
0:02.6	Ever.
0:03.8	Keeping a diary has fundamentally changed my life.
0:06.9	It's the single thing that has advanced my personal
0:09.1	development more than anything else that I've done.
0:11.3	I always say there's no personal development without
0:14.4	self-awareness.
0:15.4	You can read as many books as you like, but if you
0:17.9	can't read yourself, you'll never learn a thing.
0:21.0	This is the world's first diary that listens to you,
0:24.2	understands you, and then provides you with tailored
0:27.0	support from the world's leading experts in health,
0:29.9	finance, work, and relationships so that you can overcome
0:33.4	the things that are limiting you in order to reach your
0:35.8	highest potential.
0:37.2	A limited number of these diaries are going to go on
0:39.0	sale in November, and the waiting list is open now.
0:42.6	So go to thedirey.com and add your name if you want to
0:46.7	come on this journey with me.
0:51.5	What advice would you give to people at around that age?
0:53.9	Say the early 20s, just maybe just graduated and
0:57.6	thinking about going off into the world?
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