The Keys to Happiness, Embracing Weakness, and the Importance of Friendship, with Arthur Brooks | Ep. 263

The Megyn Kelly Show

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Society & Culture, News Commentary, News

4.4 • 38.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2022

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly is joined by Arthur Brooks, Harvard professor and bestselling author of the new book "From Strength to Strength," to talk about the three keys to happiness, how we can achieve happiness in modern day America, the difference between pleasure and enjoyment, satisfaction and purpose, the "striver's curse" and the challenge with being a workaholic, free will vs. nature, how the lures of fame and money undermine happiness, the difference between goals and habits, the importance of friendship, living in the present instead of the future, fear and death, how embracing weakness can help our happiness, the power of humility, how social media is empty calories, the wisdom curve and the power of wisdom, how to stay happy later in life, and more.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly show, your home for open, honest and provocative conversations.
0:07.0	Hey everyone on Megan Kelly, welcome to the Megan Kelly show.
0:16.1	Are you happy?
0:18.4	According to recent polls, you're not.
0:20.5	You aren't.
0:21.5	And we're going to fix it.
0:22.8	Today could be politics, our culture, the pandemic, or something else.
0:28.2	But happiness is feeling like it's in short supply these days.
0:31.8	And you are not the only one who may be experiencing that reality.
0:35.7	My guest today, however, would like us to rethink what it means to be happy and what it means
0:41.2	to feel satisfied and successful.
0:44.0	He is an expert on the subject of happiness and teachers at Harvard on this very thing
0:49.6	in a class that you cannot get into.
0:51.8	No one can get into it.
0:52.8	They line up to get those 180 seats and it's very tough to get in for a good reason.
0:58.6	But you're going to get them for free today.
0:59.7	You don't have to sign up.
1:00.7	They're going into Harvard.
1:02.0	You're going to talk to Arthur Brooks through me right now.
1:04.9	He's a best selling author.
1:06.2	He's a columnist for the Atlantic.
1:07.8	He used to run conservative think tank AEI.
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