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10% Happier with Dan Harris

Shawn Achor, The Science Behind Gratitude

10% Happier with Dan Harris

10% Media, LLC

Dan Harris, Health & Fitness, Mindfulness, Dharma, Mental Health, Meditation

4.612.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2018

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

While so much of science is dedicated to finding the causes and cures for depression, anxiety and stress, Shawn Achor studies the opposite. He is a happiness researcher. Achor looks at the science of happiness and uses research-based techniques to make us more optimistic and help us lead happier lives. 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

Well done. You've sorted through the embarrassment of riches that is the modern podcast landscape

0:09.8

and found me Rob Briden on my podcast. In this series of Briden and I talk to among

0:17.2

others Harry Hill, Ben Elton, Charlotte Church, Steve Cougan and Dame Harriet Walter.

0:23.9

And that's just a few. We tend to chat for about 45 minutes to an hour never longer.

0:29.8

It's terrific conversation, reminiscent where appropriate and exchange of anecdotes.

0:36.0

So do join me Rob Briden wherever you get your podcasts.

0:39.7

New episodes of Briden and are available early and ad free on Amazon Music or by subscribing

0:45.1

to Wondery Plus in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery app.

0:56.5

The Panic is a new comedy podcast from Wondery that leans into our most absurd anxieties and

1:02.6

defuses them with humor and actual advice. Listen to Don't Panic on the Wondery app or

1:08.8

wherever you get your podcasts.

1:17.6

From ABC, this is the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris.

1:24.0

Hey, hey, this is a special edition of the podcast. We're posting because I interviewed

1:30.0

somebody fascinating for a good morning America story. His name is Sean Acor. He's a happiness

1:35.3

researcher. He's perhaps best known for his book, The Happiness Advantage. Back story here

1:41.2

is I saw Sean speak at a I was speaking at a Disney event, Disney owns ABC news. So

1:48.0

I sometimes am conscripted to speak at various Disney events, which is always actually

1:52.6

really fun. We're speaking at this event to the Imagineers. I was talking to the

1:57.8

buff meditation and Sean went on before me to talk about his research into happiness

2:02.6

and what makes us happy, what makes us unhappy, how being happier actually can make you

2:06.8

more successful. It was just such a great speech. I wanted to know him more. I didn't get

2:11.6

a chance to speak to him after the speech. Then I was speaking separately to some folks

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