Arthur Brooks

Happy feelings are not happiness.

They're an indication of happiness.

Happiness is basically a combination of three things.

The happiest people have three things.

They have enjoyment, they have satisfaction, and they have purpose.

These are not the same thing.

Enjoying your life is a feeling of pleasure that you actually can become conscious of and have memories of.

So it's not just drugs and alcohol or filling your belly with a Thanksgiving turkey.

It's the experience of doing things with people that you love.

It's a conscious phenomenon and you need enjoyment in your life.

You need pleasure plus higher consciousness and memory and relationship with other people is super important.

satisfaction is the reward for the things that we want.

You know, I wanted that thing.

I got it.

I wanted that promotion.

I got it.

I wanted that accomplishment and I got it.

The problem with satisfaction, which is intensely joyful, by the way, you know, when something happened, you probably, when you got your millionth download from the show, you're like, awesome.

And five minutes later, you were thinking about the second million.

So it's very joyful and a life must have it, but it never lasts.