Arthur Brooks

It tends to be high negative affect. And so you're familiar with the PANAS test, the positive affect, negative affect sequence, which is I administer it to all my students at Harvard. I make them take this because I put them into four categories. The high positive, high negative category. It's high affect people. That's you and me, which are the mad scientist profile.

It tends to be high negative affect. And so you're familiar with the PANAS test, the positive affect, negative affect sequence, which is I administer it to all my students at Harvard. I make them take this because I put them into four categories. The high positive, high negative category. It's high affect people. That's you and me, which are the mad scientist profile.

The high positive, low negative, which everybody wants to be, which is actually not great for a lot of things, which is the cheerleader.

The high positive, low negative, which everybody wants to be, which is actually not great for a lot of things, which is the cheerleader.

The high positive, low negative, which everybody wants to be, which is actually not great for a lot of things, which is the cheerleader.

Yeah, yeah, that's the cheerleader. And they make bad bosses too, by the way, because they can't take criticism or hear bad news. You have people who are high negative and low positive, which is the poets. And then the people who are low affect, low, low, those are the judges. You know, very, very low affect, sober. Stolen. They make good surgeons, right?

Yeah, yeah, that's the cheerleader. And they make bad bosses too, by the way, because they can't take criticism or hear bad news. You have people who are high negative and low positive, which is the poets. And then the people who are low affect, low, low, those are the judges. You know, very, very low affect, sober. Stolen. They make good surgeons, right?

Yeah, yeah, that's the cheerleader. And they make bad bosses too, by the way, because they can't take criticism or hear bad news. You have people who are high negative and low positive, which is the poets. And then the people who are low affect, low, low, those are the judges. You know, very, very low affect, sober. Stolen. They make good surgeons, right?

You don't want somebody to cut you open and say, oh my God. That's not what you want. And so I actually categorize people and then talk about the strengths and weaknesses that each one of these has.

You don't want somebody to cut you open and say, oh my God. That's not what you want. And so I actually categorize people and then talk about the strengths and weaknesses that each one of these has.

You don't want somebody to cut you open and say, oh my God. That's not what you want. And so I actually categorize people and then talk about the strengths and weaknesses that each one of these has.

Now, the people who are most likely to be able to affect discernment most, at least conventionally, by undertaking these techniques are the mad scientists because they have access to very high levels of affect, but they have to understand themselves to do that. This was the thing. I had this background as a behavioral scientist and I wanted to know the why of my life

Now, the people who are most likely to be able to affect discernment most, at least conventionally, by undertaking these techniques are the mad scientists because they have access to very high levels of affect, but they have to understand themselves to do that. This was the thing. I had this background as a behavioral scientist and I wanted to know the why of my life

Now, the people who are most likely to be able to affect discernment most, at least conventionally, by undertaking these techniques are the mad scientists because they have access to very high levels of affect, but they have to understand themselves to do that. This was the thing. I had this background as a behavioral scientist and I wanted to know the why of my life

And from that, to figure out the direction forward or uphill, as you say. So that was two questions. Yeah. The why and the direction.

And from that, to figure out the direction forward or uphill, as you say. So that was two questions. Yeah. The why and the direction.

And from that, to figure out the direction forward or uphill, as you say. So that was two questions. Yeah. The why and the direction.

Well, the why of life is really the meanings. Yeah. Not at all. And then once you understand the meaning, then you can figure out what direction you're going in because the direction per se is not meaning. The direction is just a direction. Yeah, okay, fine, fine. So in other words, here's the way. That's the difference between strategy and aim. Exactly.

Well, the why of life is really the meanings. Yeah. Not at all. And then once you understand the meaning, then you can figure out what direction you're going in because the direction per se is not meaning. The direction is just a direction. Yeah, okay, fine, fine. So in other words, here's the way. That's the difference between strategy and aim. Exactly.

Well, the why of life is really the meanings. Yeah. Not at all. And then once you understand the meaning, then you can figure out what direction you're going in because the direction per se is not meaning. The direction is just a direction. Yeah, okay, fine, fine. So in other words, here's the way. That's the difference between strategy and aim. Exactly.