Arthur Brooks

You're not going to design experiments perfectly like a drug test in your own life because N equals one. And statistically, and there's no control group, but you are a lab. Start living like you're a lab. So learn something about this and set up an experiment in your life. And so you keep, yeah, I read an article and says that, you know,

You're not going to design experiments perfectly like a drug test in your own life because N equals one. And statistically, and there's no control group, but you are a lab. Start living like you're a lab. So learn something about this and set up an experiment in your life. And so you keep, yeah, I read an article and says that, you know,

But the part of the limbic system dedicated to resentment is much, much larger than the part of the limbic system dedicated to gratitude. And that's why we have a negativity bias. And that's how we revolve because resentment and suspicion and anger keeps us alive. And gratitude is a nice to have. And I get it. Oh, that's very, very interesting. Okay.

But the part of the limbic system dedicated to resentment is much, much larger than the part of the limbic system dedicated to gratitude. And that's why we have a negativity bias. And that's how we revolve because resentment and suspicion and anger keeps us alive. And gratitude is a nice to have. And I get it. Oh, that's very, very interesting. Okay.

But the part of the limbic system dedicated to resentment is much, much larger than the part of the limbic system dedicated to gratitude. And that's why we have a negativity bias. And that's how we revolve because resentment and suspicion and anger keeps us alive. And gratitude is a nice to have. And I get it. Oh, that's very, very interesting. Okay.

What that means is you need to practice gratitude consciously to override your negativity bias. And how do you do that? Well, I'm going to set up an experiment where I'm actually going to practice gratitude in a very particular way every day for a week, and I'm going to keep the data. I'm actually going to keep my own data.

What that means is you need to practice gratitude consciously to override your negativity bias. And how do you do that? Well, I'm going to set up an experiment where I'm actually going to practice gratitude in a very particular way every day for a week, and I'm going to keep the data. I'm actually going to keep my own data.

What that means is you need to practice gratitude consciously to override your negativity bias. And how do you do that? Well, I'm going to set up an experiment where I'm actually going to practice gratitude in a very particular way every day for a week, and I'm going to keep the data. I'm actually going to keep my own data.

Is it publishable in Psychological Sciences or the Journal of Personality Research? No, that's not the point. The point is you living better, but you're not going to do it unless you actually change your habits and experiment on yourself and treat your life like a lab. Should you limit the...

Is it publishable in Psychological Sciences or the Journal of Personality Research? No, that's not the point. The point is you living better, but you're not going to do it unless you actually change your habits and experiment on yourself and treat your life like a lab. Should you limit the...

Is it publishable in Psychological Sciences or the Journal of Personality Research? No, that's not the point. The point is you living better, but you're not going to do it unless you actually change your habits and experiment on yourself and treat your life like a lab. Should you limit the...

In other words, get some information, set up an experiment and commit yourself to it. That's the most important thing is the doing as opposed to learning. Learn, do, learn, do, learn, do. And then by the way, teach. Because then what will happen is by the time you've done five or six of these experiments, there's one that's actually working for you and then you're teaching.

In other words, get some information, set up an experiment and commit yourself to it. That's the most important thing is the doing as opposed to learning. Learn, do, learn, do, learn, do. And then by the way, teach. Because then what will happen is by the time you've done five or six of these experiments, there's one that's actually working for you and then you're teaching.

In other words, get some information, set up an experiment and commit yourself to it. That's the most important thing is the doing as opposed to learning. Learn, do, learn, do, learn, do. And then by the way, teach. Because then what will happen is by the time you've done five or six of these experiments, there's one that's actually working for you and then you're teaching.

Then you start your podcast.

Then you start your podcast.

Then you start your podcast.

This is a teaching podcast. Modern Wisdom is a teaching podcast. It's not an entertainment podcast. It's an actual teaching podcast. Professor Williamson. Thank you. But you're retailing serious ideas. All the time, again and again and again and again. And people who stop with consuming the retailed ideas are missing, are missing out.

This is a teaching podcast. Modern Wisdom is a teaching podcast. It's not an entertainment podcast. It's an actual teaching podcast. Professor Williamson. Thank you. But you're retailing serious ideas. All the time, again and again and again and again. And people who stop with consuming the retailed ideas are missing, are missing out.

This is a teaching podcast. Modern Wisdom is a teaching podcast. It's not an entertainment podcast. It's an actual teaching podcast. Professor Williamson. Thank you. But you're retailing serious ideas. All the time, again and again and again and again. And people who stop with consuming the retailed ideas are missing, are missing out.