Arthur C. Brooks

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Blocks: I Wish I Knew w/ Neal Brennan · Happiness Expert Dr. Arthur C. Brooks · 9 Jul 2026 podcast

And the same thing is true with almost anything.

Not last year med students, but in the residency, they're teaching medical school students how to do surgery.

Oh, that's interesting.

And that's the algorithm.

If you want to be a really, really great golfer-

You should learn about golf.

You should golf a lot.

And then you should explain golf because when you explain it, use your brain in a different way.

My father was a math professor and he used to say that the way he really learned math was by deeply understanding it, doing a ton of problems and most importantly, teaching it to students.

And then he truly understood math.

Then he was a mathematician.

So this is the same thing with happiness.

You need to understand the science.

You need to commit to certain habits in your life, living differently and propulsively.

And then you need to explain it to other people, which is why I'm a teacher, because I want to be happier.

And part of that is because about 50% of happiness can be explained genetically.

So the difference between people is about 50% a genetic phenomenon.

It could be, except that... See, I knew I could... It's like my mom's fault.

Yeah.

But 50% of alcoholism is also genetic.

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