Episodes featuring Arthur Brooks
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Andrew Huberman and Arthur Brooks discuss what happiness actually is, breaking it into three elements: enjoyment, satisfaction, and meaning, and how to build more of each.
Arthur Brooks joins Chris Williamson to explain the three questions behind a meaningful life, drawn from psychologist Michael Steger's work, and why goals you can never finish and love you don't earn matter so much.
Arthur Brooks joins Chris Williamson to explain how to break phone addiction. He argues you don't need to give up your phone, just add firm rules, phone-free zones and yearly fasts, then relearn being alone with...
Chris Williamson talks with Arthur Brooks about why modern life feels empty, how technology and achievement culture drive anxiety, and what practical steps can help.
Arthur Brooks joins Chris Williamson to describe the daily routine most likely to drain life of meaning. He explains why avoiding boredom moment to moment makes life boring overall, and why reaching big goals often...
Scott Galloway and Harvard professor Arthur Brooks answer listener questions on why a successful life can still feel empty, balancing career and love, and how to stop tying self-worth to performance.
Harvard professor Arthur Brooks joins Rich Roll to explain why young people and high-achievers are losing meaning, and how smartphones, social media, and lockdowns are partly to blame.
Cal Newport and Arthur Brooks argue the real crisis isn't phone addiction but a loss of meaning, and discuss how to rebuild it through calling, relationships, and leisure.
Ryan Holiday talks with Harvard professor Arthur Brooks about what ancient philosophy from Stoicism to Buddhism actually teaches us about living well and finding happiness.
Harvard professor Arthur Brooks joins Masters of Scale to discuss why modern life feels meaningless despite material comfort, and how to rebuild purpose through habits and relationships.
Harvard social scientist Arthur Brooks joins FoundMyFitness to explain the science of lasting happiness, covering its three core components and how to avoid common traps that undermine well-being.