The art and science of happiness | Arthur Brooks | TEDxKC

Harvard Professor of happiness, Arthur Brooks, turns the tables on the idea of the "bucket list" as a way of achieving satisfaction, showing us where real joy and contentment are far more likely to be found. Arthur C. Brooks is the William Henry Bloomberg Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School and Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School.

Before joining the Harvard faculty in 2019, he served for 10 years as president of the Washington, D.C.-based American Enterprise Institute (AEI), one of the world’s leading think tanks. Under his leadership, the Institute more than doubled its annual revenues, deepened its outreach to leaders across the ideological spectrum and expanded its research portfolio to include work on poverty, happiness and human potential.

[valescaladeira]

I highly recommend his course on managing happiness. It changed my life! And it s 100% free.

[RD]

Healthy friendships- Anyone who introduces you to bad habits is not your friend.

[alphabeta]

7:00 Treadmill
8:00 Haves/Wants ratio
12:00 *Faith, family, friends and work*

[tomTom-lbcu]

Happiness varies from day to day . I can be happy at some point everyday. If I start feeling depressed, I’ll exercise and then I’ll feel great actually. Get a nice shower, stay neat and clean. Maintain my appearance the best I can and it gives me self respect. I’m happier now in my 60’s than I’ve ever been in my life . This is freedom. Being a teenager was freedom because we have no financial stress but we have school stress. Now as long as you are financially independent and physically fit life is good every minute. But a good part of that is from the sacrifices I made in the years before that because I visualized this in my thirties. When you reach the age where your parents passed away then it your time to just enjoy a peaceful, fun life. Be kind, be happy, be generous in whatever way you can and it will come back to you. You reap what you sow. God bless

[DorothyShioura]

Happiness comes from within yourself ❤️

[dannifever]

I struggle with my wellness sometimes. the high and lows come but right now after three years of recovery and actually listenning, truly studying, has helped me grow and that i am in control of my happiness... by being humble and above all striving for what is right... idk how to write well but im trying my best daily to do what i need. im thankful to come accross this video, its proven to me that I AM ON THE RIGHT PATH TO MY RECOVERY... DONT GIVE UP IF YOUR TRYING > WE ARE ROOTING FOR YOU!~

[tangjy]

Very simplified western-centric perspective. It works in our modern materialistic Western world - to a degree. He said it requires you to “be strong”, so requiring willpower, discipline, work, which is all well and good. What if one year, after practicing all these, he still isn’t happy? That’ll probably get him into a downward spiral. Equanimity with how things are is the Buddhist perspective, so he gets close to that idea. One aspect he misses is, look at why you want certain things - that why could give you clues as to what you’re truly seeking. I do agree that the journey, the search is an essential part of life, and embracing that rather than focusing on the final point does bring more happiness.

[finnophilepodcast]

lovely. I have been following Arthur's works for a while and what he says makes complete sense.

[ambiven]

Dr Arthur is amazing! I love his work. We need his talks now more than ever.

[crystalclear]

Faith. I could work on that. Family- what if your family is toxic or they don’t care about being your family. And say you’re dealing with conditional love? Friends? Everyone is fake and shallow. It be nice to have REAL friends. But how does one make REAL friends in their forties? Or when your life is work, home, sleep, repeat? And maybe I can do the last one. But still I want more. I want a f*cking raise. I work hard. Very hard. And regardless of whether I get my license or not…I deserve a raise.

[matchakaw]

i dont get how this only have views as of 12/29/2022. this is golden

[_fffeline]

I will be taking your class at Harvard. Thank you for offering this course!

[thomasellis]

Fascinante yo supe de este hombre maravilloso gracias a un libro de Andrés opennheimer hace referencia a su trabajo y aquí estoy, una cosa buena me trajo a otra mejor.❤❤

[luisarellanorn]

Maybe...Always from Servanthood within the contentment of true Salvation. Eternal life in Christ

[RD]

Friends with good habits & healthy attitude. People who are grateful and see the good & positive. Stay away from people who have victim mentality. Always looking for drama & complaining& ungrateful.

[gregkettnerworkhappy]

Thank you for your talk Arthur. The work you so is so amazing. Thank you!😀

[TiaGraham]

A fantastic talk! I have been studying and teaching the science of happiness for 5-years and I truly valued how you framed the formula and the way you talked about how we need to go back to our baseline with our emotions. Go contrary to our nature is powerful and not talked about enough. I also LOVED the Dalai Lama quote that you shared. I studied with Dr. Ben-Shahar who used to be at Harvard and hope to study with you one day.

[jiena]

But does wanting less have no self development..? I haven't truly got it yet😢

[leo]

only Prof Brooks is able to breakdown the maths of happiness from all my googling.
my own simplification is:
Happiness = Enjoying Entertainment/Food + Keep Exercising /Learning + Being Contented/Appreciative.

[willmassalino]

"Precisamos aprender a querer o que temos, e não ter o que queremos..."
Dalai-lama sobre ter satisfação na vida.