The Science of Lasting Happiness with Arthur Brooks
All the Hacks: Money, Points & Life
Fluid vs. Crystallized Intelligence
Arthur describes early innovation (fluid) versus later wisdom and teaching (crystallized) and why curves matter.
#291: Behavioral social scientist Arthur Brooks joins Chris to reveal why success and happiness follow different rules as we age. They dig into fluid vs. crystallized intelligence, success addiction and dopamine, the reverse bucket list, and how to actually buy happiness.
Arthur C. Brooks is a Harvard Professor, musician, and columnist for the Atlantic, where he writes the weekly "How to Build a Life" column. He is the bestselling author of numerous books on happiness and human flourishing.
Link to Full Show Notes: https://chrishutchins.com/arthur-brooks-happiness-success-purpose/
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Resources Mentioned
Arthur: Website | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube
Some of Arthur's Books
From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life
Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt
Selected Works from the Atlantic
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Full Show Notes
(00:00) Introduction
(02:17) How Arthur Defines Happiness
(03:50) Quizzes to Diagnose Your Happiness
(04:38) Fluid vs. Crystallized Intelligence
(05:55) The Two Types of Geniuses
(09:01) How to Jump the Curve
(13:18) Darwin and Bach's Success Curves
(16:56) Success Addiction and Dopamine
(19:00) Hustle Culture, Workism and Metacognition
(21:19) How Often You Really Need to Journal
(22:46) When Love and Money Are Idols
(24:40) The Good Four: Faith, Family, Friends and Work
(29:13) The Happiness Algorithm: Understand, Apply, Share
(30:41) Why Sharing and Teaching Happiness Matters
(31:45) Bringing Faith and Meditation Into Your Life
(34:15) Lectio Divina: Divine Reading
(35:23) The Science of Satisfaction
(37:49) Social Comparison, the Thief of Joy
(38:39) How to Make a Better Bucket List
(43:34) How to Actually Buy Happiness
(47:09) Technology, Loneliness and Happiness
(48:54) Turning Weakness Into Strength
(50:51) Why Negative Emotions Make Us More Effective
(51:20) Optimism vs. Hope
(52:23) When It's Time to Leave a Job
(54:18) Arthur's Recommendations for Barcelona
(55:26) The Airplane Story That Inspired From Strength to Strength
(57:33) Where to Find More From Arthur
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