Arthur Brooks

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208 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2025 last heard Aug 2025

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Something You Should Know · How Do You Create Happiness? & Why Dogs Behave the Way They Do · 21 Aug 2025 podcast

Call an old friend. matched

Go out with somebody that you actually just like for no reason. matched

And last but not least is thinking about what you're trying to do in your work by serving other people. matched

This helps you to transcend your individual psychodrama that try to earn your success by working harder and succeeding, becoming more excellent. matched

And these are the things to do every day. matched

the four areas to work on today to raise your happiness or your faith your family your friendship and serving other people through your work matched

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So there are a lot of people who compulsively do things that are bad for them because in the short term, it gives them, um, matched

a sense of relief so complaining is a classic example of this unhappy people complain all the time constantly as a matter of fact and this is actually what alienates them from friends and family because it's not that fun to be around whiners and people who are complaining constantly sort of entertaining for a minute but then it just becomes so negative that people don't actually like that but they're complaining is what gives them a sense of power because when you complain you get other people's attention matched

And they want other people's attention. matched

They want other people's sympathy. matched

When you say my boss is a jerk, people say, oh, I'm so sorry. matched

And that's actually kind of what you need. matched

The problem is it's a very short term strategy. matched

So I'll explain to anybody who's engaging in unhappy behavior. matched

Anybody who's listening to us right now is a chronic complainer. matched

The right strategy is to think about what you want in the long term. matched

Start thinking about the relationships that you want to cultivate. matched

When you complain, when you behave unhappily because you want more attention, you get unhappier. matched

It's like alcohol. matched

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