Arthur Brooks || Love Your Enemies

Today it’s great to chat with Arthur Brooks on the podcast. Arthur is the William Henry Bloomberg Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School and Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School. Before joining the Harvard faculty in July of 2019, he served for ten years as president of the Washington, D.C.-based American Enterprise Institute (AEI), one of the world’s leading think tanks.

Topics

Arthur’s relationship to music
Arthur’s experience with silent meditation retreats
Arthur’s unique spin on the science of happiness
The importance of suffering
Arthur’s conversation with the Dalai Lama
How to treat people like assets instead of liabilities
Being needed vs. objectifying oneself
How to cultivate dignity
The importance of having “useless” friends
Why fear is the opposite of love
The difference between empathy and compassion
How religion and spirituality impact human happiness
How creativity contributes to happiness

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Arthur Brooks

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Arthur C. Brooks is an American social scientist and author who serves as a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School, where he leads the Leadership and Happiness Laboratory. He was previously president of the American Enterprise Institute and is the author of Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt.

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Arthur Brooks || Love Your Enemies

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11 years ofhuman possibility

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