How To Stop Feeling Lost & Find Your True Purpose - Arthur Brooks - #802

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Arthur Brooks. He's a social scientist, professor at Harvard University, and an author. Chasing happiness appears to be the ultimate desire for many people, and yet, almost everyone struggles to understand what happiness actually is and how to achieve it. So today, I get to ask a specialist researcher on what science actually says about the best way to cultivate lasting 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 make 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. Arthur is great. He wrote this book with Oprah winfrey, and it is really tactical. A lot of these things kind of end up being platitudes and a bit of whimsy and some nice mantras, but this is really, really tactical, and there is tons to take away from today. An awful lot, probably way more than you're gonna have time to apply even if you'd split it up across an entire year. So yeah, I love the fact that this is a strategic and practical approach to a problem that everybody feels deep down. Don't forget that you might be listening but not subscribed, and if you want to support the show, if you want to make me happy, if you like what I am doing here, the only thing I would ask of you is to press subscribe. The follow button in the middle of the page on Spotify or the plus in the top right hand corner on Apple podcasts helps to support the show and make sure that you do not miss episodes when they go up. And yeah, it gives me a smile. So go and do it please. I thank you. For the next few days, you can get up to 60% off everything from Gymshark. Yes, you heard that right, 60% off. And best of all, you can get an additional 10% off using my code MW10 at checkout. That means you can get huge discounts on all of my favourite gear from the studio shorts, which I train in almost every single day to their crest hoodie, which I always wear when I'm flying and their Geo seamless t-shirts, which are my favourites. All of these are unbelievably lightweight, sweat wicking and the fit and quality of the fabrics are phenomenal. Plus, they ship internationally and there is a 30 day free returns period. So you can buy everything and whatever you don't like, just send it back. So what are you waiting for? Head to bit.ly slash shock wisdom and use the code MW10 for up to 70% off everything site wide. That's bit.ly slash shock wisdom and MW10. A checkout. I've become absolutely obsessed with the Legendary Foods lately. They make the best protein sweets I've ever had. Their cinnamon protein sweet roll and strawberry protein pastry are literally like crack. And each of the snacks are between 150 and 220 calories and have 20 grams of protein and two or less grams of sugar. Your average cinnamon roll is more than 400 calories and has 60 grams of sugar, almost zero protein. So you can switch out something that you want to have but feel guilty about for something that you still want to have but feel good about. And it helps you hit your protein target and it helps you keep your gains and it's not going to spike your blood sugar and make you feel like crap. They are phenomenal and I've been in love with them for so long. I absolutely adore the product. I truly believe in the company and the fact that they're really transparent about their sourcing, how they're making their products and why they're doing it. Right now you can get free shipping on all orders over $69 plus 10% off everything by going to eatlegendary.com/modernwisdom and using the code modern wisdom at checkout. That's eatlegendary.com/modernwisdom and modern wisdom at checkout.
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