Arthur C. Brooks

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1,407 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 9 Jul

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Oh, there were?

Okay.

There were a lot of people better than me, and I wanted to be the best, and one of the reasons I left is I couldn't be, which is a bad reason.

I should have been in music because I loved music, but no, I was in music because I wanted to be a great musician, which is a pretty poor motive.

I'm in social science now because actually I'm super interested in this.

I lay awake at night thinking about the research on this.

It's so interesting.

And I get to actually talk to a lot of people about it and it can help them in their lives.

So that's more than an added bonus.

So tell people.

So, okay.

So positive and negative affect are different.

Happiness and unhappiness are not opposites.

They're different challenges.

So I have a series of tests that I give my students, that I give the people I work with to find out what's their bigger challenge.

Some people are insufficiently happy.

I'll give you a promo code.

Yeah, yeah.

It's cool.

It's called the happiness scale.

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