The Power of Connection and Happiness

Arthur Brooks is a social scientist, professor at Harvard University, and an author.

Chasing happiness appears to be the ultimate desire for many people, yet almost everyone struggles to understand what happiness actually is and how to achieve it. So if you speak to a specialist researcher, what does science say is the best way to actually cultivate happiness?

Expect to learn what most people get wrong about happiness, the tension between a desire for success and a desire to feel like we’re enough, whether your drive for happiness is rooted in insecurity, if external accolades actually makes us happier, what the macronutrients of happiness are, the most common life elements that people believe will make them happy but actually don't and much more...

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