And so having things happen frequently and routinely to us is really the secret, I think, to a happy life.

The way to have a good day is to have a bunch of happy moments that you string together.

The way to have a good week is to string happy days with happy moments together.

The way to have a good month is to string those moments together.

That's what leads to a good life.

And when you do these things routinely, when you turn things into habits, that's what leads to a good life. And when you do these things routinely,

when you turn things into habits, that's when you do them over and over again in ways that

keeps bringing that happiness. Like when I get on the train, I'm automatically thinking about

connecting with someone. They just become routine. And then that changes who you are. It just

becomes part of your character and allows you to have

these experiences over and over again because when it comes to happiness and well-being, it's the

frequent moments that really matter and not the intensity of them.

Hello everybody. It's Guy Kawasaki. This is the Remarkable People podcast, and in some sense,

we consider our podcast just an arm of the University of Chicago. And whenever they send

remarkable people, we take them all. So today's guest is another remarkable university of

Chicago person. His name is Nick Epley and believe it or not, he is

a professor of behavioral science, which is one of my favorite subjects, is in the Booth School of

Business at the University of Chicago and he is one of the leading experts in human connection and social judgment.

This is his most recent book. It is called A Little More Social and he basically is an evangelist for people to start talking to strangers and begin social relationships.

And I gotta say that I was a little bit

skeptical of what he said. And now I'm going to put it to test. But wow, what a case he builds

about building stronger relations. And unfortunately, I don't ever catch a train, so I cannot test

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