Today, we talk about happiness. Is happiness a choice? Is it a skill? Is it a set of practices? Is it all those things? What's the difference between happiness and fulfilment or well-being? I am thrilled to welcome Dr. Mark Fabian to the show. Mark is a professor of public policy at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. He was previously a Fulbright scholar.

He studies well-being from an interdisciplinary lens. Mark is also the author of a fabulous new book called Beyond Happy -  How to Rethink Happiness and Find Fulfilment. So, we talk all about that in this episode, including what happiness is, the foundations of happiness, success and its hidden costs, relationships, happiness and the decisions we make, and something very important today -  happiness and confronting nihilism.

Show notes:

Mark Fabian

Beyond Happy -  How to Rethink Happiness and Find Fulfilment.

Theory of Subjective Well-being

Hedonic treadmill

Introjection

Intrinsic motivation

Extrinsic motivation

Moneyball

Sonya Lyobomirsky

Epicureanism

Laurie Santos

Jonathan Haidt

Cyber punk

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