Podcast 304: How to Control your Mindset and Feel Happier with Arthur Brooks

On this week’s episode, WHOOP Founder and CEO Will Ahmed is joined by best-selling author and happiness expert Arthur Brooks.

Will and Arthur discuss Arthur’s unconventional background, the need to become comfortable with the uncomfortable, key components to setting routine and boosting dopamine, breaking down the key components of happiness, and the importance of embracing unhappiness.

Arthur also provides insight on becoming the entrepreneur of your own life, and how we need to combat the depression epidemic in young adults and the key methods to promote happiness.

Episode Chapters

• 00:37 - Introduction
• 02:18 - Arthur’s Background
• 04:43 - Becoming comfortable with the uncomfortable
• 07:25 - The key components to setting routine and boosting dopamine
• 13:42 - Strivers, happiness, and aging 
• 18:09 - Intuition and pattern recognition
• 20:46 - Breaking down the components of happiness
• 25:01 - Embracing unhappiness
• 27:45 - Becoming the entrepreneur of your life
• 29:55 - Living through unhappiness to experience happiness
• 33:27 - Impacts to happiness when aging
• 37:40 - Combatting the depression epidemic
• 42:50 - Key methods to promote happiness
• 47:29 - Arthur’s methods to become happier

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Arthur’s Website

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