SYSK TRENDING - How to Successfully Pursue Happiness

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Education, Social Sciences, Self-improvement, Science, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

What does it really mean to be happy? Even the happiest people aren’t happy all the time. Maybe happiness isn’t a constant emotion at all — maybe it’s a philosophy. A way of living. A sense of meaning shaped by what you do and who you do it for. Stephanie Harrison has spent years studying what truly makes people happy — and she believes many of us have been chasing the wrong version. She is the creator of the “New Happy” philosophy, a powerful rethinking of happiness that has reached millions through art, a newsletter, a podcast, and programs around the world. Her work has been featured in Fast Company, Forbes, and Harvard Business Review. You can learn more at https://www.thenewhappy.com. She is also author of New Happy: Getting Happiness Right in a World That’s Got It Wrong (https://amzn.to/3WxgOlR). This conversation will challenge how you define happiness — and offer a refreshing, practical way to pursue a deeper, more lasting kind of joy. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS QUINCE: Refresh your wardrobe with Quince! Go to ⁠⁠⁠https://Quince.dom/sysk ⁠⁠⁠for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too! HIMS: For simple, online access to personalized and affordable care for Hair Loss, ED, Weight Loss, and more, visit ⁠⁠⁠https://Hims.com/SOMETHING⁠⁠⁠ for your free online visit! SHOPIFY: Sign up for your $1 per month trail and start selling today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Shopify.com/sysk⁠⁠⁠⁠ DELL: Dell Tech Days are here. Enjoy huge deals on PCs like the Dell 14 Plus with Intel® Core™ Ultra processors. Visit ⁠⁠⁠https://Dell.com/deals⁠⁠⁠ PLANET VISIONARIES: We love the Planet Visionaries podcast, so listen on Apple, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you're listening to this podcast! In partnership with The Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	A lot of people are successful and exhausted, connected, but lonely, comfortable and still not happy.
0:11.0	So what exactly are we chasing? We've been told happiness comes from achievement, more success, more money, more optimization.
0:19.0	But what if that formula is incomplete, or even backwards?
0:23.6	Today's SYSK trending topic is how to successfully pursue happiness.
0:29.6	My guest, Stephanie Harrison, author of the book New Happy, says many of us have been sold the wrong definition of happiness, and that constantly focusing
0:39.6	on ourselves may actually be the problem. She'll explain why shifting outward, not upward, could
0:46.6	be the key to more lasting joy. Listen, and you may just find this conversation changes how you
0:53.5	define a happy life.
0:55.6	And we'll get to it right after this.
1:00.3	My name is Sherlock Holmes.
1:02.2	It's unusual name.
1:04.0	Introducing young Sherlock, a new Guy Ritchie series.
1:07.7	What's game I would playing today?
1:09.2	Discover the origins.
1:10.5	It's leaving.
1:11.6	Those days are surely behind me.
1:12.6	Of crime's most iconic mind.
1:14.6	There has been a break-in.
1:16.6	Astoned.
1:17.6	You should be a detective.
1:18.6	Starring Hero Finds Tiffin, Donald Finn and Colin Firth.
1:22.6	If you start wearing a hat like that, I will no longer be friends with you.
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