Dr. Laurie Santos

You know, I don't know, some funny video on the Internet. That's delightful. Right. Like training your brain towards things that you really enjoy that kind of cause delight.

You know, I don't know, some funny video on the Internet. That's delightful. Right. Like training your brain towards things that you really enjoy that kind of cause delight.

again your brain is going to focus on whatever you give it data for so if you give it data about things that you're feeling really grateful about or that are really delightful that's what your brain is going to start noticing i love that you just are you're constantly filling evidence folders for like things are shitty and things are good it's like what what are you putting in your evidence folder pretty much

again your brain is going to focus on whatever you give it data for so if you give it data about things that you're feeling really grateful about or that are really delightful that's what your brain is going to start noticing i love that you just are you're constantly filling evidence folders for like things are shitty and things are good it's like what what are you putting in your evidence folder pretty much

again your brain is going to focus on whatever you give it data for so if you give it data about things that you're feeling really grateful about or that are really delightful that's what your brain is going to start noticing i love that you just are you're constantly filling evidence folders for like things are shitty and things are good it's like what what are you putting in your evidence folder pretty much

And it's not just like, you know, what you're picking. It's like you're you're training your brain to look for that stuff. In my podcast, I interview this fantastic guest, Ross Gay, who's a poet and an essayist who has this book called The Book of Delights. And he decided that for every day for a year after his birthday, he would write an essay about something that delighted him.

And it's not just like, you know, what you're picking. It's like you're you're training your brain to look for that stuff. In my podcast, I interview this fantastic guest, Ross Gay, who's a poet and an essayist who has this book called The Book of Delights. And he decided that for every day for a year after his birthday, he would write an essay about something that delighted him.

And it's not just like, you know, what you're picking. It's like you're you're training your brain to look for that stuff. In my podcast, I interview this fantastic guest, Ross Gay, who's a poet and an essayist who has this book called The Book of Delights. And he decided that for every day for a year after his birthday, he would write an essay about something that delighted him.

And he talks about how at first he was, like, really worried, like, am I really going to find things that really delight me? And he said that, you know, even just a week in, like, he kind of tuned his mind to find these things. You know, so walking down the street, he'd be like, oh, that dude's T-shirt is delightful. Like, oh, that, like, cat on the street is delightful.

And he talks about how at first he was, like, really worried, like, am I really going to find things that really delight me? And he said that, you know, even just a week in, like, he kind of tuned his mind to find these things. You know, so walking down the street, he'd be like, oh, that dude's T-shirt is delightful. Like, oh, that, like, cat on the street is delightful.

And he talks about how at first he was, like, really worried, like, am I really going to find things that really delight me? And he said that, you know, even just a week in, like, he kind of tuned his mind to find these things. You know, so walking down the street, he'd be like, oh, that dude's T-shirt is delightful. Like, oh, that, like, cat on the street is delightful.

Like, he just kind of shifted his perception. and tuned his mind more towards the good things than the bad things. Our brains evolutionarily are naturally tuned towards the bad things. Makes sense. You want to see the tiger that's going to jump out at you. But we can control that tuning.

Like, he just kind of shifted his perception. and tuned his mind more towards the good things than the bad things. Our brains evolutionarily are naturally tuned towards the bad things. Makes sense. You want to see the tiger that's going to jump out at you. But we can control that tuning.

Like, he just kind of shifted his perception. and tuned his mind more towards the good things than the bad things. Our brains evolutionarily are naturally tuned towards the bad things. Makes sense. You want to see the tiger that's going to jump out at you. But we can control that tuning.

And just by, you know, like taking some explicit work to pay attention to the things we're grateful for, to the things that delight us, to the good stuff out there.

And just by, you know, like taking some explicit work to pay attention to the things we're grateful for, to the things that delight us, to the good stuff out there.

And just by, you know, like taking some explicit work to pay attention to the things we're grateful for, to the things that delight us, to the good stuff out there.

How do we do it? Yeah. Yeah. Tough. I mean, this is like a really real one. Right. Because there's a lot of bad stuff out there right now. You know, structural racism, horrible global pandemic, you know, like the list goes on.

How do we do it? Yeah. Yeah. Tough. I mean, this is like a really real one. Right. Because there's a lot of bad stuff out there right now. You know, structural racism, horrible global pandemic, you know, like the list goes on.

How do we do it? Yeah. Yeah. Tough. I mean, this is like a really real one. Right. Because there's a lot of bad stuff out there right now. You know, structural racism, horrible global pandemic, you know, like the list goes on.