Arthur Brooks

This is my journey. This is the dragon I'm going to slay. Yeah, yeah. And that's what I'm teaching. That's the gist of the class.

This is my journey. This is the dragon I'm going to slay. Yeah, yeah. And that's what I'm teaching. That's the gist of the class.

This is my journey. This is the dragon I'm going to slay. Yeah, yeah. And that's what I'm teaching. That's the gist of the class.

So it's the same as everybody, where they want to have a good life, well-lived, but they don't necessarily know what that means. Yeah, right. So they're the same as all of us.

So it's the same as everybody, where they want to have a good life, well-lived, but they don't necessarily know what that means. Yeah, right. So they're the same as all of us.

So it's the same as everybody, where they want to have a good life, well-lived, but they don't necessarily know what that means. Yeah, right. So they're the same as all of us.

Of course, of course, of course. I play a game with my students. It's called What's My Idol? This is one of the very first sessions of the class. What's my idol? Where I take them through a little bit of Aquinas. They read a little bit of Aquinas. And I say, look, this is the first modern, really great behavioral scientist is St. Thomas Aquinas. And it's, don't read it for the religious parts.

Of course, of course, of course. I play a game with my students. It's called What's My Idol? This is one of the very first sessions of the class. What's my idol? Where I take them through a little bit of Aquinas. They read a little bit of Aquinas. And I say, look, this is the first modern, really great behavioral scientist is St. Thomas Aquinas. And it's, don't read it for the religious parts.

Of course, of course, of course. I play a game with my students. It's called What's My Idol? This is one of the very first sessions of the class. What's my idol? Where I take them through a little bit of Aquinas. They read a little bit of Aquinas. And I say, look, this is the first modern, really great behavioral scientist is St. Thomas Aquinas. And it's, don't read it for the religious parts.

Let's read it for the behavioral parts of this. And I say, okay, he says that the idols that you're going to chase are ultimately, there's going to be one that attracts you more than any other. And that when you do, you'll always do the things that you'll later regret. That's the thing about it. Okay, and that's behavior.

Let's read it for the behavioral parts of this. And I say, okay, he says that the idols that you're going to chase are ultimately, there's going to be one that attracts you more than any other. And that when you do, you'll always do the things that you'll later regret. That's the thing about it. Okay, and that's behavior.

Let's read it for the behavioral parts of this. And I say, okay, he says that the idols that you're going to chase are ultimately, there's going to be one that attracts you more than any other. And that when you do, you'll always do the things that you'll later regret. That's the thing about it. Okay, and that's behavior.

I know.

I know.

I know.

And that's very empirically robust. A very empirically robust assertion, of course. We know this from all the literature, that when people chase these idols, that they're ultimately, they don't get what they wanted. Right, they're self-defeating. And they tend to have a lot of regret. So I say, okay, let's play a game.

And that's very empirically robust. A very empirically robust assertion, of course. We know this from all the literature, that when people chase these idols, that they're ultimately, they don't get what they wanted. Right, they're self-defeating. And they tend to have a lot of regret. So I say, okay, let's play a game.

And that's very empirically robust. A very empirically robust assertion, of course. We know this from all the literature, that when people chase these idols, that they're ultimately, they don't get what they wanted. Right, they're self-defeating. And they tend to have a lot of regret. So I say, okay, let's play a game.

And the way to do this is not to say what's your idol, but to eliminate the ones that they're not your idol. Okay. Do you want to play? Sure. Okay. Sure. So money, power, pleasure, honor. And honor is not what we say with my marine children, which is to serve with honor. That means to be honored. Yeah, the narcissistic gratification.

And the way to do this is not to say what's your idol, but to eliminate the ones that they're not your idol. Okay. Do you want to play? Sure. Okay. Sure. So money, power, pleasure, honor. And honor is not what we say with my marine children, which is to serve with honor. That means to be honored. Yeah, the narcissistic gratification.