Dr. Arthur Brooks
@arthurbrooks
Building a Happier World | #1 NYT Best-Selling Author | Professor @harvard @harvardhbs | Columnist for @theatlantic | Try my newsletter:
Enduring happiness is not the result of constant pleasure or achievement. It is the byproduct of ordering your life around the things that are worthy of your love. In my work and research, I’ve found that deep happiness most often arises from five sources: 1. Love: A commitment…
I’m excited to share that my new book, The Happiness Files, is now available for preorder. My hope is that it meets you where you are and offers something you can carry forward. Preorder now on Amazon to receive it on launch day: August 12.
We're hiring a dynamic Executive Assistant to support our happiness operation! If you or someone you know is great with details and logistics, and is enthusiastic about our mission to lift people up and bring them together in bonds of love and happiness using science and ideas,…
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Happiness is not a destination, it is a direction. And this book will help guide you on the right path. Here are 10 key lessons from "Build The Life You Want" by @arthurbrooks and @Oprah:
We’re thrilled to share that we will be publishing @arthurbrooks’s new book called The Happiness Files—a curated collection of his articles from @TheAtlantic in August! Here’s his latest segment on @MeetThePress where he previews some key ideas from the book:…
How do you define happiness? In our latest episode of Generations at Work, Dr. @TimElmore sits down with Dr. @arthurbrooks to explore what science shows gives us our greatest fulfillment (spoiler alert: it's not just pleasure!) and how we can experience long-term significance:…
Fascinating article about the state and future of marriage by my @HarvardHBS colleague @deboraspar thenewatlantis.com/publications/d…
“We need to be needed. That’s the essence of human dignity.” This idea sits at the heart of how I think about work. Joy doesn’t come from perks or power. It comes from earned success, the belief that you’re creating value with your life, and from service to others, which gives…
Today is His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s @dalailama 90th birthday. He has had such a profoundly positive impact on so many, including me, and will continue to do so for many more years. Happy birthday!
A pilgrimage through Siena and Assisi, reflecting on the wisdom of St. Catherine and St. Francis. A reminder that the path to virtue and purpose is through others.
I’ve had four completely different careers. Every decade, I’ve stripped my life back to its core, reexamined my direction, and reimagined my purpose. With each reinvention, I’ve moved closer to the truth of who I am and to the work I believe I was made to do. Here are the four…
“When you can see moral beauty in others, you will find goodness in yourself as well,” writes @arthurbrooks. “If you simply want a sure way to get happier, looking for such moral beauty might be just what you need”: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…