In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin speak with New York Times best selling author, Harvard professor and happiness expert, Arthur Brooks on what happiness is and how to achieve it.

• What is a social scientist? (3:33)
• Why does academia lack humility? (4:38)
• The massive human experiment that is the coronavirus pandemic. (7:58)
• Is fear or control the biggest deterrent to your pursuit of happiness? (10:23)
• Why there is fear-based polarity in the US. (16:32)
• The comparison trap, that is social media. (19:05)
• Why do parents tend to overprotect their children? (21:40)
• What motivated him to write his new book? (25:50)
• The commonalities of the happy as they age. (30:42)
• Why wisdom is knowing how to use what you know. (33:20)
• How life is not that interesting when you don’t have diversity. (36:50)
• The importance of having a spiritual practice. (41:05)
• The big problems created by the coronavirus and how to combat them. (45:14)
• When you hate, someone is profiting. (50:12)
• Arthur’s hopeful mindset for the future. (53:37)
• The Opposite Signal Strategy (OSS) to combat loneliness. (55:42)
• The thought experiment of understanding your intrinsic vs. extrinsic reward system. (57:39)
• Do not let success ruin your happiness! (1:03:13)
• How critical is the partner we choose to do this life with? (1:07:02)
• Beware of success addiction. (1:09:26)
• The practices of a healthy relationship. (1:16:50)
• Being the child of a social scientist. (1:21:33)
• Mind Pump, the happiness podcast. (1:26:40)
• What is the secret to communicating with people with opposing views? (1:27:47)

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Featured Guest/People Mentioned

• Arthur Brooks (@arthurcbrooks)  Instagram
• Arthur Brooks Website
• Ray Dalio (@raydalio)  Instagram