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Arthur Brooks

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The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Good luck on your divorce.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Good luck on your divorce.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

And your cirrhosis. These guys at Goldman have told me this for years and years. So you can make a bunch of money in finance, of course, if you're smart and you're motivated and you have your MBA and you come out like raring to go. By 49, you have $400 million. And I've seen this again and again and again with people that I've worked with, that I'm privileged to work with. They retire at 49. Why?

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

And your cirrhosis. These guys at Goldman have told me this for years and years. So you can make a bunch of money in finance, of course, if you're smart and you're motivated and you have your MBA and you come out like raring to go. By 49, you have $400 million. And I've seen this again and again and again with people that I've worked with, that I'm privileged to work with. They retire at 49. Why?

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

And your cirrhosis. These guys at Goldman have told me this for years and years. So you can make a bunch of money in finance, of course, if you're smart and you're motivated and you have your MBA and you come out like raring to go. By 49, you have $400 million. And I've seen this again and again and again with people that I've worked with, that I'm privileged to work with. They retire at 49. Why?

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Because they don't like their work. Their work is backbreaking, and they can't see their families, and they don't have love in their lives. But they've lost their chops on actually how to do these things because the plot has been lost in their lives. And so they retire at 49. And then they become very good at golf or tennis. And they get a nice day.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Because they don't like their work. Their work is backbreaking, and they can't see their families, and they don't have love in their lives. But they've lost their chops on actually how to do these things because the plot has been lost in their lives. And so they retire at 49. And then they become very good at golf or tennis. And they get a nice day.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Because they don't like their work. Their work is backbreaking, and they can't see their families, and they don't have love in their lives. But they've lost their chops on actually how to do these things because the plot has been lost in their lives. And so they retire at 49. And then they become very good at golf or tennis. And they get a nice day.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

dark tan, and pretty soon they're having an affair with their tennis coach, and then their life really falls apart. And here's the thing. Here's the thing, Jordan. Woe be unto the man whose dreams come true, because he will find that he had the wrong dreams. This is a real problem.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

dark tan, and pretty soon they're having an affair with their tennis coach, and then their life really falls apart. And here's the thing. Here's the thing, Jordan. Woe be unto the man whose dreams come true, because he will find that he had the wrong dreams. This is a real problem.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

dark tan, and pretty soon they're having an affair with their tennis coach, and then their life really falls apart. And here's the thing. Here's the thing, Jordan. Woe be unto the man whose dreams come true, because he will find that he had the wrong dreams. This is a real problem.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

It's like,

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

It's like,

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

It's like,

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Exactly right. And you have to recognize that heaven is not on earth. Heaven isn't heaven. It's fine if there's an end to the rum line, as long as it's unattainable in this particular life, because we are not geared toward it.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Exactly right. And you have to recognize that heaven is not on earth. Heaven isn't heaven. It's fine if there's an end to the rum line, as long as it's unattainable in this particular life, because we are not geared toward it.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

Exactly right. And you have to recognize that heaven is not on earth. Heaven isn't heaven. It's fine if there's an end to the rum line, as long as it's unattainable in this particular life, because we are not geared toward it.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

And let me put one more twist in this as part of discernment. So, making progress on the wrong line is, practically speaking, in worldly terms, having more. Having more of what? More money, power, pleasure, fame, more family relationships, more prestige, whatever it happens to be. But the real twist is not just having more.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

And let me put one more twist in this as part of discernment. So, making progress on the wrong line is, practically speaking, in worldly terms, having more. Having more of what? More money, power, pleasure, fame, more family relationships, more prestige, whatever it happens to be. But the real twist is not just having more.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
528. The Longevity of Happiness | Dr. Arthur Brooks

And let me put one more twist in this as part of discernment. So, making progress on the wrong line is, practically speaking, in worldly terms, having more. Having more of what? More money, power, pleasure, fame, more family relationships, more prestige, whatever it happens to be. But the real twist is not just having more.