And the best thing that you can do is to lift people up and bring them together in bonds of happiness and love. Because when we met, we realized that we've been coming at the same problem from different angles using the same mission, the same philosophy, the same moral understanding of what we're trying to do, which is to, look, you don't get very much time in the world. And and - it was the beginning of this incredible collaboration. You know - we as college professors, we do our work and we put it out into the world and we bless it. You don't know when you're writing a column. “We realized that we've been coming at the same problem from different angles using the same mission, the same philosophy, the same moral understanding of what we're trying to do, which is to, look, you don't get very much time in the world.”īrooks: That's how- it was, it was, just amazing. And I said, we should do something together. And friends came and we just sat there all night asking him questions about the brain and about happiness. It was one of the best dinners I ever had. I said, this guy is the kind of guest we would have called for almost every show because he has an answer for whatever you're talking about. And after the podcast, I said to my producer, who I've had since the beginning days of The Oprah Show. And then I started- I did a podcast with him. And we- a leather bound copy of all of the articles that I could read together. I said, you know what? You should make a book of all those columns and put that together as a book.Īnd he actually did. And I started reading that.Īnd then I was like, well, when how many- how long has he been doing this? And where did this come from? So, then I started looking back, reading other columns. And also, there was a column by Arthur Brooks on how to build a life. I trusted the writers about what was happening with COVID. I can tell you every week I was looking forward to more articles. And The Atlantic got me through the pandemic. And during that time I was looking for ways to inspire and fortify myself.Īnd I started reading The Atlantic. Winfrey: Well, this all came to pass, and I'm not saying this just because you're here, this all came to pass because I was at home during the pandemic. The Oprah, why don't you start by talking about how this all came to pass? And why you grew interested in Arthur's work? Goldberg: I'm happier at some distance from Arthur. And let's just jump right in, and ask-īrooks: Let's scoot over here a little bit. Goldberg: The secret to happiness is right there. Jeffrey Goldberg: Please join me in welcoming to the stage Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey. Here's a transcript of the full conversation. It’s a direction.” In this video, Brooks, a professor at Harvard Business School, joins Oprah Winfrey, coauthor of the new book Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier, for an intimate, powerful conversation that touches on: the mistake people make in thinking that money, power, and fame will bring them happiness the importance of managing negative emotions what Winfrey learned from her depression after a movie she worked on “bombed ” and how to be not necessarily happy all the time, but happier. “Next question,” Brooks jokes, before answering: “No one is. “Are you happy?” asks Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg of happiness expert Arthur C.
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