Modern Life Is Designed to Leave You Empty. Here's the Antidote. Arthur Brooks

Six steps to reclaim your brain, find purpose, and escape the doom loop. Arthur Brooks is a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard Business School, where he teaches courses on leadership and happiness. Brooks is the author of 15 books, including the New York Times bestsellers, Build the Life You Want , co-authored with Oprah Winfrey, and From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life . His latest book is The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness . In this episode we talk about: The three essential components of a meaningful life Getting comfortable with boredom Why we need to be asking questions that google can't answer The neuroscience behind "authentic love" Strategies for finding meaning in your work What Arthur means when he says "don't waste your suffering" Get the 10% with Dan Harris app here Sign up for Dan's free newsletter here Follow Dan on social: Instagram , TikTok

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Modern Life Is Designed to Leave You Empty. Here's the Antidote. Arthur Brooks is an episode from Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris by 10% Media, LLC.

This episode is 01:14:45 long.

This episode was published on Apr 1, 2026.

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