The Rich Roll Podcast Arthur Brooks: Cracking The Code To Happiness
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May 30, 2022 
Arthur Brooks, a social scientist, and author of the bestseller From Strength to Strength, shares insights on achieving happiness in later life. He explains how suffering can lead to purpose and emphasizes love as a deliberate choice. Exploring personal connections, he offers strategies for embracing aging while combatting loneliness. Discussion includes the paradox of success, the importance of wisdom, and how confronting fears can lead to fulfillment. Brooks also highlights the value of intergenerational knowledge sharing.
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Airplane Encounter
- Arthur Brooks overheard a famous man on a plane lamenting his life.
- This encounter inspired Brooks's book, as it challenged societal notions of success and happiness.
The Strivers Curse
- Early peak achievement can lead to later unhappiness due to unmet expectations.
- Constant striving for success can become an addiction, similar to substance abuse.
Existential Crisis of Strivers
- Strivers often prioritize worldly achievements, leading to an existential crisis.
- Fluid intelligence, crucial for innovation, declines in the 40s, impacting strivers.
