Arthur Brooks

So in sailing, there's a concept called the rum line. Are you familiar with it? No. R-H-U-M line. And it's a very important metaphor in Spanish. It's called el rumbo in Spanish. And that's something you use a lot, the rum line. What it is, it's a direction with a destination. and you have to have it if you're doing navigation and sailing.

So in sailing, there's a concept called the rum line. Are you familiar with it? No. R-H-U-M line. And it's a very important metaphor in Spanish. It's called el rumbo in Spanish. And that's something you use a lot, the rum line. What it is, it's a direction with a destination. and you have to have it if you're doing navigation and sailing.

So in sailing, there's a concept called the rum line. Are you familiar with it? No. R-H-U-M line. And it's a very important metaphor in Spanish. It's called el rumbo in Spanish. And that's something you use a lot, the rum line. What it is, it's a direction with a destination. and you have to have it if you're doing navigation and sailing.

That doesn't mean you're going to go exactly to that point or you're not going to get blown off course. You can't actually make any progress unless you have a rum line. And so that's the whole idea. The meaning is the rum line. And then you can start making progress toward the goal, notwithstanding the fact that it's not perfect.

That doesn't mean you're going to go exactly to that point or you're not going to get blown off course. You can't actually make any progress unless you have a rum line. And so that's the whole idea. The meaning is the rum line. And then you can start making progress toward the goal, notwithstanding the fact that it's not perfect.

That doesn't mean you're going to go exactly to that point or you're not going to get blown off course. You can't actually make any progress unless you have a rum line. And so that's the whole idea. The meaning is the rum line. And then you can start making progress toward the goal, notwithstanding the fact that it's not perfect.

Progress is actually what instantiates the liking, the wanting, liking, learning process that's from dopamine. Yes. That's what it comes from. Humans are made for progress, not for arrival. Yes. And so the whole process is, okay, discern the rum line. Yeah. Figure out the instantiation of what that means, practically speaking. And then start making progress toward it.

Progress is actually what instantiates the liking, the wanting, liking, learning process that's from dopamine. Yes. That's what it comes from. Humans are made for progress, not for arrival. Yes. And so the whole process is, okay, discern the rum line. Yeah. Figure out the instantiation of what that means, practically speaking. And then start making progress toward it.

Progress is actually what instantiates the liking, the wanting, liking, learning process that's from dopamine. Yes. That's what it comes from. Humans are made for progress, not for arrival. Yes. And so the whole process is, okay, discern the rum line. Yeah. Figure out the instantiation of what that means, practically speaking. And then start making progress toward it.

That's what a leader communicates to people. That's exactly right. That's why people will run through a wall for a great leader. But that's what you must do for yourself.

That's what a leader communicates to people. That's exactly right. That's why people will run through a wall for a great leader. But that's what you must do for yourself.

That's what a leader communicates to people. That's exactly right. That's why people will run through a wall for a great leader. But that's what you must do for yourself.

Well, I think it's so damn comical that it's stable across like honeybees and people. Oh, yeah. No, no. I mean, anybody who doesn't believe that psychology is biology. They just don't know the biology. They just don't understand the biology. Right. But there's another weird angle on this, though. See, this is one of the great paradoxes of this. So do you want to have progress in your life?

Well, I think it's so damn comical that it's stable across like honeybees and people. Oh, yeah. No, no. I mean, anybody who doesn't believe that psychology is biology. They just don't know the biology. They just don't understand the biology. Right. But there's another weird angle on this, though. See, this is one of the great paradoxes of this. So do you want to have progress in your life?

Well, I think it's so damn comical that it's stable across like honeybees and people. Oh, yeah. No, no. I mean, anybody who doesn't believe that psychology is biology. They just don't know the biology. They just don't understand the biology. Right. But there's another weird angle on this, though. See, this is one of the great paradoxes of this. So do you want to have progress in your life?

Do you want to be a happier person? Do you want to have a life full of meaning? Number one, discern. Number two, create a strategy about actually how to arrive at the object of your discernment. And number three, start making progress toward it. Yeah, exactly. This is like one, two, three. This is what I advise you. Behavior therapy 101. This is when I'm talking to young men.

Do you want to be a happier person? Do you want to have a life full of meaning? Number one, discern. Number two, create a strategy about actually how to arrive at the object of your discernment. And number three, start making progress toward it. Yeah, exactly. This is like one, two, three. This is what I advise you. Behavior therapy 101. This is when I'm talking to young men.

Do you want to be a happier person? Do you want to have a life full of meaning? Number one, discern. Number two, create a strategy about actually how to arrive at the object of your discernment. And number three, start making progress toward it. Yeah, exactly. This is like one, two, three. This is what I advise you. Behavior therapy 101. This is when I'm talking to young men.

Because all the email that I get, all the email that you get is from young people in their 20s. How do I fall in love and stay in love? How do I find a job that's actually going to give me fulfillment? How do I have the life that I want to have because I have this hollowness in my life? It's like one, two, three. This is what we talk about. Here's the paradox. Here's the hell of it.

Because all the email that I get, all the email that you get is from young people in their 20s. How do I fall in love and stay in love? How do I find a job that's actually going to give me fulfillment? How do I have the life that I want to have because I have this hollowness in my life? It's like one, two, three. This is what we talk about. Here's the paradox. Here's the hell of it.