Happier

Happiness

Happiness

Hello, listeners, members, and subscribers! The fourteenth Moonshots Master episode is here and we are leaping into Personal Transformation and Happiness!

We start with Tal Ben-Shahar who states that a happy life does not need to be happy all the time; instead, we should learn to embrace painful emotions and accept pain. Continuing on the path and getting us truly inspired are Shawn Achor and Oprah, who both teach us that the most successful people - in work and in life - believe that their actions have a direct effect on their outcomes.

With a foundation of inspiration, we now lean into the details by hearing from the awe-inspiring Dalai Lama, who discusses the idea of hope and gives us a lesson on the meaning of life. We then hear from a Moonshots-first thinker, Russell Brand, who introduces us to a study comparing happiness levels between lottery winners and quadriplegics, and how your inner state is more connected to your purpose than pleasure.

Helping us adopt new habits and practices to be happier today, we learn out loud with Neil Pasricha and his top 3 tips to start with a happy mindset, and how to want nothing. Closing the Master episode on Happiness is Naval Ravikant and Joe Rogan, who both talk about why we all need to make happiness our priority and understand that Happiness is a Choice.

Our recommended reading list will help you go even deeper into the topic and our shows on Happiness:

  1. 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works, Dan Harris

  2. Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment, Tal Ben-Shahar

  3. The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor

  4. The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living, Dalai Lama

  5. Recovery: Freedom From Our Addictions, Russell Brand

  6. The Happiness Equation, Neil Pasricha

  7. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness, Eric Jorgenson

What key lesson are you taking from the Master Series shows? Get in touch and let us know! Thanks for listening. That’s a wrap.

New Episode: Shawn Achor: The Happiness Advantage

New Episode: Shawn Achor: The Happiness Advantage

The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor shows us how to rewire our brains for positivity and optimism to reap the happiness advantage in our lives, our careers, and even our health.

How small shifts in our mindset and habits can produce big gains at work, at home, and elsewhere. Happiness is not the belief that we don't need to change; it is the realization that we can. Our most commonly held formula for success is broken. Conventional wisdom holds that once we succeed, we'll be happy; that once we get that great job, win that next promotion, and lose those five pounds, happiness will follow. But science reveals this formula to be backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around.

Habits are like financial capital – forming one today is an investment that will automatically give out returns for years to come.
― Shawn Achor

New Episode: Eric Jorgenson: The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

New Episode: Eric Jorgenson: The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

Getting rich is not just about luck; happiness is not just a trait we are born with. Building wealth and being happy are skills we can learn. Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur, philosopher, and investor who has captivated the world with his principles for building wealth and creating long-term happiness. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant is a collection of Naval’s wisdom and experience from the last ten years, shared as a curation of his most insightful interviews and poignant reflections and written by Eric Jorgenson.

So what are these skills, and how do we learn them? What are the principles that should guide our efforts? What does progress really look like?

“The most important trick to be happy is to realize that happiness is a choice that you make and a skill that you develop."
The Almanack Of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

New Episode: Neil Pasricha: The Happiness Equation

New Episode: Neil Pasricha: The Happiness Equation

What is the formula for a happy life? Neil Pasricha's, The Happiness Equation is a book that will change how you think about pretty much everything—your time, your career, your relationships, your family, and, ultimately, of course, your happiness. Neil Pasricha is a Harvard MBA, a New York Times–bestselling author of the Book of Awesome series, and a Walmart executive.

After selling more than a million copies of the Book of Awesome series, wherein he observed the everyday things he thought were awesome, he now shifts his focus to the practicalities of living an awesome life.

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, what you do are in harmony" Neil Pasricha

New Episode: Dalai Lama: The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living

New Episode: Dalai Lama: The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living

Every time you see him, he's laughing. And he makes everyone else around him feel like smiling. He's the Dalai Lama, the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet, a Nobel Prize winner, and a hugely sought-after speaker and statesman. If you ask him if he's happy, even after so much loss, the Dalai Lama will give you an unconditional yes. What's more, he'll tell you that happiness is the purpose of life and that the very motion of our life is toward happiness.

How to get there has always been the question. The Art of Happiness is the book that started the genre of happiness books, and it remains the cornerstone of the field of positive psychology.

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." Dalai Lama

New Episode: Tal Ben-Shahar: Happier - Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment

New Episode: Tal Ben-Shahar: Happier - Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment

Can You Learn to Be Happy? If you feel like you’re floundering when it comes to finding meaning in life, look no further than Tal Ben-Shahar’s Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment. He’ll give you some specific and actionable tips to increase your joy today.

Learn about this emotion in just 3 lessons:

  1. Happiness breeds success and all life goals point toward it.

  2. Balance your outlook on the present and future to get more joy in your life.

  3. Nurturing worthwhile relationships will make you happier.To me, 'design thinking' is another way of saying empathize with the customer. It's consideration for the person you're designing for. Joe Gebbia, Airbnb

"When you appreciate the good, the good appreciates". Happier by Ben Tap Shahar

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