Adam Grant
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345 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 26 Aug
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But there is a sense in which this gets blown up or reified and work becomes too important as a part of somebody's identity and their contribution to the world.
And I wonder how you've navigated that.
So with this perspective that you bring to the table, how do you think about your work being meaningful but not the most important thing on earth?
Let's talk about the extensions of Soul Boom into some of the other work that you're doing.
So I remember when I read The Geography of Bliss and thought it was an ingenious look from a grump's perspective at what might actually drive happiness.
I was overjoyed when I found out that there was going to be a TV show that you were going to host trying to find the world's happiest place.
Yeah.
So you've scoured the world for happiness secrets.
I love this idea of turning your birthday into giving as opposed to getting.
I'm also struck, as you talk about the Iceland experience, Durkheim called it collective effervescence, the idea that we're gonna be immersed in a group with shared energy around a common purpose.
And he described that as the most transcendent experience that people have.
We were at the Eagles game on Sunday, and there was an amazing A.J.
Brown touchdown.
And the whole stadium erupted, and all of a sudden it hit me,
I don't have that in my life other than going to a sporting event.
We feel that at the family level, but the community level, that's gone.
I think it's time for a lightning round.
Okay.
All right, here we go.
Pass.
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