YAPClassic: Arthur Brooks, The Science of Happiness and Fulfillment | Human Behavior

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha

YAP Media Network | Hala Taha

Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Despite being a successful social scientist for nearly three decades, Arthur Brooks realized that he was missing the boat on personal happiness. He decided to apply his expertise to develop a strategy for living a happier life. So he quit his job and devoted himself to the pursuit of happiness. In this YAPClassic episode, Hala talks to Arthur about building true happiness. Arthur Brooks is a behavioral social scientist with a focus on human happiness. He is the author of multiple bestselling books, including Build the Life You Want, co-written with Oprah Winfrey. In this episode, Hala and Arthur will discuss: - Arthur’s journey from gloom to happiness - Why a spiral-pattern career will make you happier - How he met and started working with Oprah - The four types of career patterns - Why Americans struggle with happiness - The three key ingredients to happiness - Why happiness is not a feeling - The difference between enjoyment and pleasure - How hard work leads to more satisfaction - How to judge less - Why you need unhappiness - And other topics… Arthur Brooks is a behavioral social scientist specializing in human happiness. He holds the William Henry Bloomberg professorship at Harvard Kennedy School and is a Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School. Arthur is a bestselling author, with his latest book, Build the Life You Want, co-authored with Oprah Winfrey. He also hosts the How to Build a Happy Life podcast, writes for The Atlantic, and was the subject of the 2019 Netflix documentary The Pursuit, named one of Variety’s Best Documentaries on Netflix. In addition, he was selected as one of Fortune’s 50 World’s Greatest Leaders. Connect with Arthur: Arthur’s Website: https://arthurbrooks.com/ Arthur’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arthur-c-brooks/ Arthur’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/arthurbrooks Arthur’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arthurcbrooks/ Arthur’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArthurBrooks/ Arthur’s Podcast, How to Build a Happy Life with Arthur Brooks: https://arthurbrooks.com/podcast/ Resources Mentioned: Arthur’s Book, Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier, co-written with Oprah Winfrey: https://www.amazon.com/Build-Life-You-Want-Science/dp/0593545400 Arthur’s Articles in The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/arthur-c-brooks/ Take the PANAS quiz: https://arthurbrooks.com/build LinkedIn Secrets Masterclass, Have Job Security For Life: Use code ‘podcast’ for 30% off at yapmedia.io/course. Sponsored By: Shopify - Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at youngandprofiting.co/shopify Indeed - Get a $75 job credit at indeed.com/profiting Facet - For a limited time Facet will waive $250 enrollment fee for new annual members! Visit facet.com/profiting for details. BetterHelp - Sign up for a webinar on mental health for entrepreneurs presented by BetterHelp at youngandprofiting.co/mentalhealth. More About Young and Profiting Download Transcripts - youngandprofiting.com Get Sponsorship Deals - youngandprofiting.com/sponsorships Leave a Review - ratethispodcast.com/yap Watch Videos - youtube.com/c/YoungandProfiting Follow Hala Taha LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Instagram - instagram.com/yapwithhala/ TikTok - tiktok.com/@yapwithhala Twitter - twitter.com/yapwithhala Learn more about YAP Media's Services - yapmedia.io/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:51.9	Arthur first aired in October last year, and we spoke about his book, Build the Life You Want,
1:57.3	which he co-authored with Oprah Winfrey. In this episode, Arthur digs deep on the science
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