Timeless Wisdom: How To Be Happy In A Financial Crisis (Part 1)
Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager
Salem Podcast Network
4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager, Dennis dives into the importance of finding happiness beyond material wealth. He shares a personal anecdote about how his views on happiness changed after a lecture on the subject went viral, leading to a writing opportunity with Red Book magazine. Dennis discusses how his theories on happiness were tested during the economic downturn and how he realized that happiness is not directly related to money. He also emphasizes the importance of gratitude, not putting all one's happiness eggs in one basket, and cultivating a positive attitude to navigate life's challenges.
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| 0:00.0 | As Passover approaches, Salem is offering my rational Passover Hagata for 50% off at the Prager Store. |
| 0:07.7 | The Hagata is the book used for the most widely celebrated Jewish ritual, now increasingly celebrated by Christians, by the way. |
| 0:14.6 | The Passover Seder. |
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| 0:23.4 | The Seder. |
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| 0:29.0 | You will find topics that raise some great issues of life, ranging from questions like, |
| 0:34.0 | does God answer our prayers, to is it possible to reconcile a good God with unjust suffering? |
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| 0:55.8 | Welcome to Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager. |
| 0:59.2 | Hear thousands of hours of Dennis's lectures, courses, and classic radio programs, |
| 1:03.6 | and to purchase Dennis Prager's rational Bibles. |
| 1:06.3 | Go to Dennis Prager.com. |
| 1:12.1 | On today's episode of timeless wisdom. |
| 1:15.6 | The irony is your kids will even enjoy you more if you don't depend on them for your |
| 1:20.5 | happiness. |
| 1:21.4 | I enjoy my parents precisely because they do have their own way to entertain themselves. |
| 1:28.7 | They don't rely on me. |
| 1:31.4 | They rely on my brother. |
| 1:38.2 | You don't know how much I enjoyed that line. |
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