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Office Hours with Arthur Brooks

Podcasts · Health & Fitness

Office Hours with Arthur Brooks

41 episodes · 20 with AI analysis

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Five Types of Wealth FrameworkArrival Fallacy and Goal AchievementValues Alignment and Behavioral IntegrityMeaningful Struggle and SufferingTime Scarcity and Mortality AwarenessMission Statements and Personal North StarsMultidimensional Life OptimizationMentorship and Intergenerational Wisdom TransferGeographic Relocation for Family ProximityStoic and Buddhist Philosophy in Modern Life

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Apr 13, 2026

6 Big Lessons to Build Your Dream Life with Sahil Bloom

Five Types of Wealth FrameworkArrival Fallacy and Goal AchievementValues Alignment and Behavioral Integrity
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Sep 22, 2025

My 6-Step Morning Protocol for a Better Day

Morning routine optimization and circadian rhythm managementNegative affect regulation and emotional baseline managementExercise timing and mood neurochemistry (cortisol, dopamine, serotonin)
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Sep 29, 2025

Exercise Your Way to Greater Well-Being

Exercise and Mental HealthNeurochemistry of Exercise (BDNF, Serotonin, Beta-Endorphins)Behavioral Addiction to Fitness
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Oct 6, 2025

4 Ways to Use Common Knowledge to be Happier with Steven Pinker

Common Knowledge and Social CoordinationCollective Illusion and Pluralistic IgnoranceCancel Culture and Academic Freedom
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Oct 13, 2025

3 Steps to Managing Your Emotions

Emotional Self-Management TechniquesTriune Brain Theory and Limbic System FunctionMetacognition and Prefrontal Cortex Development
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Mar 23, 2026

How the Meaning of Life Affects Your Brain: Part 2 of 3

Hemispheric lateralization and brain functionMeaning crisis in young adultsDepression and anxiety epidemiology
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Oct 20, 2025

4 Ways to Love the People You Disagree With

Political Polarization and ContemptMotive Attribution AsymmetryNeuroscience of Contempt vs. Anger
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Oct 27, 2025

The 4 Types of Careers, and How to Find Yours

Four Career Types (Linear, Expert, Transitory, Spiral)Career Burnout and Interest WaningJob Satisfaction Research and Honeymoon Effect
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Nov 3, 2025

Four Practical Ways to Live Like a Stoic with Ryan Holiday

Stoic Philosophy and Modern ApplicationEmotional Self-Management and MetacognitionDevice Addiction and Technology Boundaries
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Nov 10, 2025

A 5-Step Approach to Ending Your Phone Addiction

Dopamine neuroscience and reward cycle mechanismsPhone addiction diagnostic criteria and prevalence statisticsBlue light effects on melatonin and cortisol production
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Nov 17, 2025

My 9-Step Evening Protocol for More Happiness and Better Sleep

Sleep architecture and circadian rhythm optimizationBlood glucose management and meal timingCaffeine metabolism and timing strategies
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Nov 24, 2025

5 Steps Toward a More Grateful Life

Negativity Bias and Evolutionary PsychologyGratitude List ExercisesGratitude Letters and Written Appreciation
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Mar 16, 2026

Find the Meaning of Your Life Part 1 of 3: Get Better at Boredom

Default Mode Network (DMN) and self-reflection neurobiologyBoredom as essential for meaning-making and life purposeTechnology addiction and the doom loop cycle
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Dec 1, 2025

The Truth About Creativity, Aging, and Discipline: From the World’s Best-Selling Author (James Patterson)

Creativity and Happiness ConnectionBrain Hemispheric LateralizationWriting Process and Discipline
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Dec 8, 2025

The 3 Macronutrients of Happiness, and How to Measure Yours

Three Macronutrients of Happiness (Enjoyment, Satisfaction, Meaning)Genetic Components of Happiness and Behavioral AdaptationAffect Profiles and Emotional Intensity Patterns
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Dec 15, 2025

3 Ways to Want Less and Be Happier

Dopamine neuroscience and hedonic adaptationSatisfaction as a component of happinessDelayed gratification and struggle as value drivers
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Dec 22, 2025

My 4-Step Method for Making the Holidays Better

Holiday Depression and Seasonal Affective DisorderEpisodic vs. Semantic Memory in NeuroscienceFading Affect Bias and Memory Distortion
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Dec 29, 2025

3 Ways to Set Smarter New Year’s Resolutions

New Year's resolutions failure rates and success predictorsApproach goals vs. avoidance goals psychologyMicro-habits and tiny resolutions framework
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Jan 5, 2026

The 8 Life Lessons that Hoda Kotb Follows

Career resilience and rejection managementImmigrant family values and American successBreast cancer diagnosis and public health disclosure
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Jan 12, 2026

How to Stop Caring What Others Think

Social Anxiety and Shame PsychologyEvolutionary Biology of Social ApprovalBehavioral Inhibition vs. Activation Systems
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