The Next Big Idea

HAPPINESS: Arthur C. Brooks Shares His Roadmap for Finding Purpose, Meaning, and Success

Sep 8, 2022

01:10:59

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Arthur C. Brooks

Highlights

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Burn Out in Your Forties

01:17

The Biggest Tyranny in the Sciences

01:39

What's Up With My Chest Hair Turning Gray?

02:22

Wanting Less Is Part of the Solution

02:37

Introduction

3min

The Next Big Idea Podcast - Arthur Cbrooks

4min

The Ingredients of Happiness

4min

How Did You Feel When You Overheard This Conversation?

2min

Happiness Equals Love, Full Stop

3min

What Are You Best At?

2min

I'm Not Made of Stone, but I Know the Truth

4min

Why Is Your Dentist Taking Fridays Off

2min

Are You Building Company Number Four?

2min

10.

How Crystallized Intelligence Works

6min

11.

Is There a Silver Lining in Your Career?

3min

12.

Do You Miss Running the Thing Tank?

2min

13.

The Opportunity for Humility

3min

14.

What's Up With My Chest Hair Turning Gray?

2min

15.

The Path to Humility

2min

16.

The Master Class in Humility

2min

17.

Wanting Less Is Part of the Solution

3min

18.

What Are You Going to Do With That Billion Dollar Company?

2min

19.

I'll Never Forget Them, Arthur, You've Been So Successful in Your Life

3min

20.

How Much Can You Really Read in 15 Minutes?

3min

21.

Is Faith the Secret of Happiness?

3min

22.

Is There a God Who Created the Universe?

2min

23.

The Biggest Tyranny in the Sciences

3min

24.

Pickle Ball Is What We Need to Heal the Country

3min

25.

The Next Big Idea Podcast

3min

Arthur C. Brooks used to run a prominent think tank where he was paid handsomely to influence public policy. Did all that success make him happy? Nope. So Arthur quit his job and set out to transform his life. Now he has written a book about what he learned along the way, the #1 New York Times bestseller “From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life.”

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