Rhonda Patrick

it's so easy for people that are high achievers to get caught up in the, you know, productivity loop.

I have to, I have to work.

I have to do a podcast.

I have to go give a presentation.

I have to do this work and get that satisfaction of like achieving and accomplishing those things.

And there's a little bit of ego there and you have to separate that.

And I realized that, no, I'm going to take time to do the family vacation.

I'm going to take time to spend, you know,

a few hours with friends that I care about.

I mean, you have to put in that work and that effort, but it's so rewarding.

And this is the year, like as I was doing a podcast prep for Arthur, Dr. Arthur books, I know I've come to some of this realization on my own, but reading some of his books, like skimming some of his books and his material, everything was like, it was like this moment where it was like, this is so true.

And I really need to focus on it.

You know, you need to make the effort to really be, happiness doesn't just come to you.

I think a lot of people are sort of, it's like they have this misconception that happiness is something that you just experience.

It just happens to you.

No, it's just like a good diet.

You have to like give yourself the right components.

You have to work at it.

You know, it's work.

No, I need your book list.