It's the 10% happier podcast. I'm Dan Harris. Hello my fellow suffering beings how we doing today we are all trying to get happier but often

very often we go about it in the wrong way. We look in the wrong places. My

guest today is out with a new book which is co-authored with Oprah Winfrey about as he

says how to build the life you want right now without waiting for the world to

change first. Arthur Brooks is a great guest, fascinating guy. He's a professor at the Harvard

Kennedy School and the Harvard Business School. And in this interview he does a lot of

myth-busting about happiness. He also talks about what he says are the three

macro nutrients of happiness. We talk about the perils of pursuing pleasure,

how to be effectively and wisely ambitious, how to ascertain if you have meaning in your life, how to manage your emotions,

and the difference between healthy and unhealthy envy.

Again, Arthur's new book co-authored with Oprah Winfrey is called Build the Life You Want,

and we'll be talking to Arthur Brooks coming up.

But first, a little BSP, blatant self-promotion.

Two little things to tell you about, then one big thing.

First little thing, if you go to Dan Harris.com, my new website.

There's a merch store up where you can get 10% happier

t-shirts and sweatshirts and a tote bag.

Also if you go to Dan Harris.com you can sign up for my new newsletter in which I

shared the two biggest takeaways from me from the shows on any given week plus three

cultural recommendations books TV shows movies tick talk videos you name it

okay here's the big thing I really want to promote we've got a meditation party retreat coming up at the

Omega Institute which is outside of New York City that's coming up in May. There's actually

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